English Paisley Shawl

England

19th century

  • Titles English Paisley Shawl (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium wool, textile
  • Dimensions 67 x 61 in. (170.2 x 154.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Miss Belle Comer, 1955.49
  • Work Type shawl
  • Classification Costume

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Tall, colorful majolica ewer on square base of mottled green color, decorated with foliage, the foot in shades of green with foliage, fluting and beading, the yellow body has a green band of acanthus leaves in the middle and a pattern of green acanthus leaves projecting from the foot towards the middle. Atop the body, behind the spout sits Triton, half man, half fish, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, who rides a sea monster, whose head is mounted on the front of the ewer and from which projects sea weed, the handle of the ewer is brown and also made to look like organic material, the inside of the spout is green
Solid light blue jasper teapot with white jasper relief decoration, cylindrical in shape, the lower body with elongated and stylized acanthus leaf motifs, the upper body with a band of guilloche below the angular shoulder, the short neck with a band of laurel leaves and berries, with ribbed and leaf-molded spout and handle, the cover (likely a marriage) with simple acanthus leaf motifs and beading, with ball finial.
Bust.
Pair of cut steel shoe buckles, square in shape and pierced with swags and beading.