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"This all-white pitcher is enlived on both sides with relief-molded references to Bacchus. The wine god is portrayed in the guise of a nude child seated amid grape vines and displaying his attributes of a staff and a goblet of wine. These motifs suggest that the pitcher was intended for the dispensing of alcoholic beverages. The assymetrical compostiion of the design and the profusion of ornament – a scrolled medallion embellishing the front and leafage in relief decorating the foot and handle – derive directly from the vocabulary of the Rococo-revival style then at the height of its reign in America." From Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. American Porcelain, 1770 - 1920. Exh. cat. New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989: no. 26, 119.
Footed vase with trumpet-like body, and two handles resembling arms held akimbo. Multiple glazes consisting of purple, green, rose, and ochre hues give a mottled or marbleized appearance.
Snakes with cowrie shell eyes are repeated throughout this colorful and large quilt representing the temptation of Eve by Satan in the Garden of Eden. A single red apple is depicted at the center of the quilt.
Rocky Road to Georgia quilt, blue and black on white with floral binding.