Lappet

Possibly France

18th century

  • Titles Lappet (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen; silk
  • Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Freed in memory of her mother, Esther Loveman Kempner, 1984.335.24
  • Object Name lappet
  • Classification Components

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Oval tri-color jasper (black, blue, and white) medallion with white relief profile portrait of Descartes (1596-1650), with black relief laurel leaf self-frame
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Obverse: Bust in profile right.
One of a pair of deep blue and white jasper dip bough pots of Campana shape with white relief decoration, the body of inverted bell shape with two elongated ear handles with loops in the middle and mounted on a square plinth, on each side of the plinth scrolling foliate motifs with a larger leafy element in the center, the lower body with a repeating drop leaf pattern and the upper body divided into sections each with a small classical scene, including Coriolanus; the Three Graces; Beleraphon watering Pegasus; Nike and Warrior; Procession; and the Archers, the interior is glazed and with a flat round cover with holes to accommodate flower stems. (Pair with 1982.9a-b)