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Jens Hostrup

1997

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Delicate porcelain lithophane in cast-iron holder, the lithophane depicts the scene "Brautwerbung" (Courting the Bride), model number 229 in the Plaue Porcelain Manufactory's Preis-Courant, and shows on the left a young woman seated under a tree chatting with a young man in knickers, who casually leans on a barrel with his legs crossed at the ankles; the lithophane holder with a square base decorated with scrolling foliage and with a smaller square pedestal upon which rests the foot of the lithophane comprised of leafy foliage, the stem of the lithophane in the form of a column that is enveloped by stylized acanthus fronds, the frame above, which can be removed from the stem, is rectangular and rests on two scrolling, leafy vines which emanate from the stem, with pierced leafy motifs on either side and the top with pierced, scrolling decoration and a shell-like finial.
Euterpe, Muse of Lyric Poetry, Modeled after a Wedgwood medallion by John Flaxman, Jr., Royal Prussian Iron Foundries, cast iron
Black velvet with gold buttons down front, bottom banded with three rows of gold braid and edged with pleated black taffeta
Large plate of creamware with shallow well and wide rim, painted on the front with the scene of the Good Samaritan - in a landscape a man lies unconscious on the road in the foreground while a man with a donkey stops to help, further along the road a cloaked figure with a walking stick walks away, the plate with a mustard-yellow edge.