Nécessaire

19th century

  • Titles Nécessaire (Descriptive)
  • Medium porcelain, gilt, copper
  • Dimensions 5 in. (12.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection, 1991.362.1-.2
  • Work Type case
  • Classification Containers

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Bust right in the imperial uniform of the Chasseurs à Cheval with trademark bicorne hat.
Large oval platter of caneware in the concave shape decorated in the "Nerots" pattern, the border with a scalloped edge in blue underglaze enamel with a modified fish scale pattern likewise in blue at the indentations, the center with an oval wreath of stylized green flowers and blue berries with six bright red birds resting on it, with six small line-drawn butterflies scattered about.
Cupid and Psyche, Modeled after a cut stone by Charles Brown, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Small salt cellar of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration, round with shallow, lapidary-polished well, the exterior decorated with a series of cupid figures at play in a landscape with dogs, insects, trees, butterflies and a fruit basket, with bands of guilloche around the top and bottom and a laminated band of white along the top edge.