Bullet Shell

Germany

19th century

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Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of three Dancing Hours figures and a tree on the right side, all on a thin ground.
Small hollow drum for a lamp or candelabrum of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, round and with a hole at each end, the body with a band of oak leaves at the bottom and a band of intersecting circles at the top, the central body with four small relief scenes including, Cupid as Oracle; Endymion on Latmos; Hebe giving sustenance to the Eagle; and Coriolanus (Coriolanus with his wife and mother who entreat him to return to Rome), between a series of dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Three-piece garniture of solid white jasper with applied green jasper relief decoration, composed of a larger covered urn-shaped vase, footed, with elongated ear-shaped handles that terminate in rams' heads, the body decorated with a green arabesque of scrolling vines and flowers, with inset cover with holes for flower stems and a candle holder that fits into the center of the cover, and two smaller side vases each with round foot decorated with green acanthus and lotus leaves and a Greek key motif, the upper body with a pattern of applied green flowers around below a slightly protruding shoulder decorated with acanthus leaves, the cover with holes for flower stems.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Aratus