Female Head

About 1778

  • Titles Female Head (Title)
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions Overall: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm) Overall1: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Beeson, 1979.234
  • Work Type intaglio
  • Classification Medals
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View of the Klosterkirche in Berlin.
Large, cast iron tobacco box in the form of a seated, bearded Sir John Falstaff wearing sixteenth-century garb with a large belt and ruffled collar in a scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV" (act 2, scene 4) in which Falstaff pulls his dagger and proclaims "…this chair shall be my state, this dagger my scepter…!" Falstaff is seated in an armchair whose armrests end in goat's heads, below the chair on either side is a bearded male mask; Falstaff's crossed feet rest on a small stool, the chair and stool rest on a base decorated with scrolls; his right arm is raised and his hand holds the handle of his dagger (the blade is broken off); his left arm rests on the chair's armrest while his left hand supports a long sword, which rests against his knee. The upper torso is hinged and opens to reveal the interior of the tobacco box.
Bowl, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Cup and saucer of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white relief decoration, the cup with three vignettes between decorative latticework, including Aurora in her Chariot, Cupid as Oracle, and Cupids with a Maiden, with loop handle, the interior is glazed; the saucer likewise with vignettes separated by latticework around the rim, including Cupids at Play, a figure from Domestic Employment, and Sacrifice to Hymen.