Box

Northern Europe

Early 20th century

  • Titles Box (Descriptive)
  • Medium silver and ivory with gilding
  • Dimensions 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (2.2 x 8.9 x 5.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of David B. Hezlep, AFI.351.2010
  • Work Type box
  • Classification Containers

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Octagonal dragon lustre bowl with vibrant orange exterior and pale turquoise and ocher interior. The upper and lower rim of the bowl is decorated with a golden, pierced band pattern and a sold golden trim on the upper rim. Two outstretched four-legged, four-clawed golden dragons with scales and curled tail stretching across three fields of the octagonal bowl, each. The dragons have a fierce look with bulging eyes, two horns, a mane and spikes along their backs. There are two simple, golden, swirl patterns on opposite sides of the bowl, dividing the dragons. The same golden, pierced band pattern, two dragons and swirl motifs are decorating the inside of the bowl. The bottom is highly decorated with golden geometric and floral patterns.
Portrait medallion in white jasper with black jasper dip on the front only and white relief depicting Dorothea, Lady Banks (1758-1828), wife of Sir Joseph Banks, to right, wearing a draped garment, her hair in rolls and tied with a wide hairband.
Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief of a Vestal, or a Priestess of the Goddess Vesta.
Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief profile portrait of a woman