Filet Lace Dress

About 1920

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Small oval medallion of white jasper with black dip and white bas relief of Fame Inscribing an Urn to the Memory of Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria (1767-1790) – a winged Fame kneels before a large urn on pedestal with trumpet in left hand and stylus in right, he inscribes the urn while a standing classically-dressed figure behind him drapes it, the Austrian eagle lies at the base of the pedestal, the scene delicately shaded with black jasper slip, set in a silver mount adorned with marcasite, the elaborate finial comprised of flowers and leafy elements set with marcasite, with eye for a chain.
Seated figure on lid
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.
Oval metal medallion with relief of male figure with lyre