Collar

France

  • Titles Collar (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton; lace, Point de Gaz
  • Dimensions Overall: 5 x 34 1/4 in. (12.7 x 87 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Misses Helen and Dorothy Stamps, 1983.90
  • Work Type collar
  • Classification Costume

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Pair of solid white jasper urns with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, each on a square plinth with anthemion motifs around, with round foot with floral motifs and beading on the stem, the lower body with stiff leaf and lotus motifs and the main body with the scene of Apollo and the Nine Muses and above this a band of white, the shoulder decorated with acanthus leaves and leafy anthemion motifs, the terminals of the handles comprised of satyr masks, whose fluted horns extend up and connect to form an angular loop handle, with plain neck and flared lip with like floral band, the small conforming cover with stiff leaf elements and ball finial, the interiors left white and with sump covers.
A scrolled handle on a curved runner.
Small, drum-shaped pedestal of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, around the foot a band of overlapping lotus leaves and around the central body three small relief scenes including, Friendship Consoling Affliction; Nike Sacrificing a Bull; and three warrior figures, between small dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Cast-iron key hook in the form of an anchor decorated with a leafy wreath, in the center a medallion with the portrait head of a male, probably Neptune, in profile left, the back mounted with a hook.