Parasol

Early 20th century

  • Titles Parasol (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen, ribbon, wood handle
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ireland, AFI.19.1982.37
  • Work Type parasol
  • Classification Costume

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D-shaped bulb pot of modified bombé form with gilded bands at top and bottom and repeating pattern of gold against white. In the middle a hand-painted landscape in monochrome purple against a green base. Landscape with river scene, house, trees and people, on opposite river bank an abandoned castle.
Large, heavy beer pump handle of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with on one side the muse Terpsichore, muse of choral dance and song, and on the other the muse Melpomene, muse of tragedy, between them are dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior
Plate, Old Wedgwood mark, with floral decoration