Pair of Plates

Germany

1820-30

  • Titles Pair of Plates (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions 4 1/16 × 4 9/16 in. (10.3 × 11.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.315B
  • Work Type plates
  • Classification Containers

See More of the Collection

Black basalt vase of "pelike" shape in the Greek red-figure style decorated with an ancient Greek "theater scene" -- a costumed comic actor running with a torch in each hand followed by a classically dressed female playing a double flute -- in red enamel above a band of dash-and-zigzag pattern, the neck decorated with a band of stylized anthemion motifs and the lip with a modified egg-and-dart pattern, the foot and handles highlighted with a band of red enamel.
Small footed vase of creamware covered with a dark blue glaze and decorated with silver lustre in a pattern of stylized leafy motifs, with a silver band around the lip and foot.
Octagonal Tureen Stand with Manning of Norfolk Armorial Crests and Leaf Border, China, porcelain with overglaze enamels and gilding, export ware
Cover for a pot, bowl or dish of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the domed cover with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves in white relief, with some shading, the mushroom finial with a white hole in the top.