Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine, à chassis)

Nicolas Heurtaut

About 1765

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This teardrop-shaped custard cup or dessert pot is made from a fine sheet of moulded yellow jasper which has been decorated with a crenellated edge and the ornamentation of a fine white jasper lattice or trellis design. It was made between 1790 and 1800.
Southern Netherlands, façon de Venise diamond-engraved winged goblet, the funnel-shaped bowl engraved with two oval medallions, one depicting Saint John the Baptist holding the Cross, Bible, and Lamb, and wearing a camel fur over his shoulder, the other showng Saint Paul holding a sword, the saints are flanked by two large flowers; the stem a series of coiled tubes, whose middle section is shaped like an "8" enclosing white threads and applied with pincered ornaments, on a folded conical foot
Creamware flatback figural group of Uncle Tom and little Eva from "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Uncle Tom sits on a stump with his right foot resting on a wrapped package, he wears a white suit picked out in gold, his shoes, face and hands are glazed black, in his left hand he holds a yellow straw hat, around his neck is a floral garland, with a small sprig of foliage at his left foot, Eva stands on his right knee, she wears a white dress and holds a floral sprig in her right hand, her shoes are blue and her hair is brown, Uncle Tom's right hand is around Eva's waist, holding her on his knee, Eva's left arm is around Uncle Tom's neck, the base with two parallel gold lines and the names "Eva & Uncle Tom" in script.
Large hexagonal plaque of white jasper with dark green jasper dip and white relief decoration of Iphigenia holding a letter, adapted from the tablet "Orestes and Pylades," the plaque probably designed for a fireplace surround.