Hat

  • Titles Hat (Descriptive)
  • Medium straw
  • Credit Line Bequest of Sybil Noble Murray, 2000.229
  • Work Type hat
  • Classification Costume

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Three-piece garniture of solid white jasper with applied green jasper relief decoration, composed of a larger covered urn-shaped vase, footed, with elongated ear-shaped handles that terminate in rams' heads, the body decorated with a green arabesque of scrolling vines and flowers, with inset cover with holes for flower stems and a candle holder that fits into the center of the cover, and two smaller side vases each with round foot decorated with green acanthus and lotus leaves and a Greek key motif, the upper body with a pattern of applied green flowers around below a slightly protruding shoulder decorated with acanthus leaves, the cover with holes for flower stems.
Cup and saucer of white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the cup with a series of cupids at play with dogs and birds and insects, one of the cupids plays a clarinet, the handle with molded acanthus leaf motifs and shell terminal, the lower part of the cup and the saucer engine turned with lilac and white stripes, the saucer with applied overlapping acanthus and stiff leaf motifs around the edge, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished.
Bust in profile right.
Vase, Designed by John Dermer, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware