Negligee

Alabama

About 1900

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Birds in Flight quilt
Stemless, conical drinking glass of clear glass and decorated with a thread of pink glass that spirals around the cone of the bowl and into the foot, which is comprised of a thick, clear cube-shaped blob of glass.
Three-piece tête-a-tête tea set consisting of teapot, creamer and sugar, each piece three sided, the teapot with handle, finial and curved spout with overall embossed surface decoration of stylized leaf and berry design, the sides engraved with asymmetrical pattern of birds, butterflies and chrysanthemums, the border of applied "Japanese chain" design (a pattern of painted ovals and half flowers with scrolls); the creamer with similarly embossed handles and finial, with beak-shaped spout, same border pattern, the body likewise decorated with engraved chrysanthemums and insects; the sugar with three embossed handles of same motif, the body engraved with insects and chrysanthemums, same border pattern, all pieces with the engraved initials: "C.B.E." in the Japanese style
Vase of gold iridescent blown and engraved glass, the bulbous body extending to long cylindrical neck with flared lip, with applied silver decoration on body in a pattern of flowers and scrolling leaves in the Art Nouveau style