Bolero

France

1840 - 1860

  • Titles Bolero (Descriptive)
  • Medium Chantilly lace, cotton
  • Dimensions Overall: 22 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (57.2 x 41.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Nelly F. Schuyten, 1989.303
  • Work Type bolero
  • Classification Costume

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Aphrodite with her Attendant, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
St. George and the dragon.
Pair of tricolor jasper barber bottles, the main body of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the bottle on round foot with band of overlapping acanthus leaves, delicately shaded, the body with stiff leaf motifs that extend upward from the stem, with four large molded masks of Bacchus at the shoulder atop a band of laurel leaves and berries that extends around the entire shoulder, likewise delicately shaded, the masks above garlands of leafy grape vines with bunches of grapes, on each of four sides a small roundel of green jasper with individual classical scenes, including Zeus and Venus and Cupid, surrounded by a white border, the long narrow neck with floral garlands held by small ram's heads below a band of beading, the conforming covers with stiff leaf motifs and ball finials (the covers are not identical).
Demitasse cup