Dress

1960s

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Deep dish of red earthenware (redware) with a brownish-orange lead-based glaze, the interior with a pattern of individual, incised scrolls and squiggly lines around the border, in the middle a large impressed leaf motif surrounded by four other impressed leaves; below the center leaf the date "1764" and above the initials "B C."
Small oval medallion of solid blue jasper with white bas relief of Bellerophon watering Pegasus below Parnassus – Pegasus, the winged horse, led by Bellerophon bows his head in drink before attacking the three-headed monster Chimaera – set in a simple silver mount with horizontal pin on reverse.
Small cast-iron filigree cross pendant with a small, central cast-iron medallion with the image of the Madonna of the Chair after Raphael in a gold mount.
Large rectangular desk, or bureau Mazarin, inland with floral marquetry of various stained and natural woods on an ebony ground, raised on eight straight legs of tapered rectangular section, which are connected by two flat, interlaced stretchers, in the front is a central drawer with a recessed cupboard depicting a theatrical mask, and on either side tiers of three drawers, with a shaped apron below each tier of drawers and central cupboard, the top edged in gilt wood and with a central vase holding a floral bouquet with scrolling foliage and strapwork, birds and insects surrounding it, with like marquetry decoration on the other three sides.