Necklace

United States

About 1900

  • Titles Necklace (Descriptive)
  • Medium gold, amethyst
  • Dimensions 7/8 x 5/8 in. (2.2 x 1.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Teresa Thomas Whitfield in memory of her grandmother Mary Teressa Bondurant Bernhard, 1994.13
  • Work Type necklace
  • Classification Jewelry

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Large face jug of red stoneware covered with a beige wood ash glaze that is streaked through with shades of gray, brown, red, white and black, the body bulbous and decorated with a series of six faces around it, with each eye part of one face as well as part of the one next to it, with six noses and six pairs of thick lips, the teeth formed of small stoneware shards, the faces' eyebrows form the shoulder of the jug, which has a long neck and three loop handles, the interior likewise glazed.
Tall, slender face jug of tan stoneware covered with a drippy alkaline glaze, with two small ears sticking out on either side, a strong nose and two eyes high up on the shoulder of the jug, the mouth open and with four white teeth, on either side of the neck are two small loop handles that terminate in small, cartoonish, hands.
Mahogany frame sofa upholstered in tufted silk damask. Crest rail carved in center with figure of Loie Fuller, claw feet on casters, and floral motif.
Coffee and tea service consisting of (.1) coffee pot, (.2) teapot, (.3) creamer, and (.4a-b) covered sugar, each completely covered with a repoussé pattern of leaves and flowers in the Rococo-revival style, the lidded coffee pot of pear shape with curved spout, S-scroll handle insulated with ivory, domed lid and flower finial, the lidded teapot globular with curved spout, C-scroll handle insulated with ivory, and flower finial, the creamer also globular with scrolled handle and beak-shaped spout, the covered sugar with two scrolled handles and flower finial, each piece on slender stepped foot and engraved on base with the initials "GJH" for "Gena Jones Holt"