Man’s Tuxedo

Brioni, for Battaglia

1980s

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The Siblings, Possibly Eisenhüttenwerk Eisenberg, cast iron
Oval plaque of black basalt depicting Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion.
Small trumpet vase of white hard-paste porcelain made to commemorate World War I, the front decorated in underglaze blue with the image of a radiant Iron Cross and the date 1914, the reverse with a small three-leaf oak branch and acorn below the date 1914-1916, with narrow blue bands below the lip, around the lower body, and at the foot.
Covered chocolate cup and saucer of undecorated white stoneware, the cup footed and goblet shaped with two double scroll handles, the conforming cover with flat finial, the saucer molded with a slight indent in the middle to hold the cup, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished and the underside of the cover is glazed.