Bowl

Erik Reiff

1984

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Cast from mold with profile portrait of George Washington
Small, rectangular box with truncated edges, the top with a blue enamel band running around the edge, set with an enameled metal plaque painted with a view of the seaport at Constantinople (today's Istanbul) with rustic structures in a forested area in the foreground and a hilly landscape with trees and a large domed church on the hill on the right in the background, the plaque is edged in blue enamel and the gold around it is elaborately chased with a pattern of scrolling foliage and delicate stylized flowers, each side includes a central reserve edged in blue enamel and with a repeating pattern of small floral motifs inside, above the reserves runs a band of leafy and floral motifs around the perimeter of the box, each corner is decorated with a design of scrolling foliage; the underside of the box includes a border of stylized anthemion and vine motifs edged in blue enamel and a central panel, also edged in blue enamel, of an elaborate floral bouquet.
Large, lumpy teapot of lead-glazed earthenware (creamware) in the shape of a knobby and knotty tree stump with a crabstock handle and slightly elongated crabstock spout, the body molded with a serious of knots and a surface designed to look like moss, with leaves and berries in relief, the cover with a knop in the form of a twisted branch, the teapot covered with metal oxide colors in shades of beige, brown and green.
Madonna and Child, Carlshütte, bronzed cast iron