Bowl

Elisabeth (Lisbeth) Munch-Petersen

1940

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Cup and saucer of white jasper with light green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the main body of the cup decorated with the Dancing Hours with a band of scrolled ribbon below the rim, with double-scrolled handle, the saucer with stiff leaf and lotus motifs.
Large white porcelain presentation vase of urn shape with narrow neck and flared lip mounted on an octagonal plinth, with two large scrolling snake handles radiating from upper body and resting on wide lip, the snakes' tails terminate in floral motifs; the snake handles and the main body of the vase are unglazed (bisquit), the neck and lip, foot, and plinth are all glazed; the head of the snake as well as the scrolled foliage that surmounts its body mid way, and the floral terminals are highlighted in gold, the neck and lip with three gold bands at top middle and bottom, the foot and plinth likewise highlighted with gold bands; the body with central large round cartouche surrounded by tooled gold band and surmounted by gilt crown that is flanked by oak and laurel leaves, within cartouche a polychrome topographical view of the royal palace Kronprinzenpalais on Berlin's fashionable street Unter den Linden
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Portrait bust of Sir Isaac Newton on round socle, wearing an open collar and drapery.