Hat

Archie Eason

  • Titles Hat (Descriptive)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Sybil Noble Murray, 2000.244
  • Work Type hat
  • Classification Costume

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Porcelain covered tureen in the form of a partridge, naturalistically modeled and colored with a russet head and shaded brown plumage, resting on a white next edged in yellow wheatears, tan feathers and green grass.
Sacrificial Scene, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Round dark blue jasper medallion with white relief scene commemorating the French Revolution, the medallion has a border with pressed relief which translates from Latin as 'Behold that liberty, that liberty for which you have so often wished' from the conspiracy of Catiline by Sallust, Concordia, set in brass frame with ring
Small, silver basket of boat-shaped form raised on a scalloped foot, the foot ribbed at the edge and decorated with bright-cut dotted bands, the body likewise ribbed at the upper edge and with a band of bright-cut floral motifs, on all four sides engraved floral swags in a heart-shaped configuration, on two sides with a shield-shaped reserve, one left empty, the other with the image of a falcon and a banner containing the motto NE OUBLIE, the swing handle also ribbed, with a light gold wash inside.