Pillow Sham

20th century

  • Titles Pillow Sham (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton; silk
  • Dimensions 21 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (54 × 34.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Coleman Cooper in memory of his mother, Olive Bryan Cooper, 1984.118.1
  • Work Type pillow sham
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of a Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) facing right. unmarked but three small firing holes to back. Probably taken from a medal in 1789.
Clasp with pierced wave-and-bead motif, in the middle the portrait head of Anton, King of Saxony (1755-1836; 1827-30) in profile left on steel plate.
Chatelaine comprised of a hook from which extend three chains – the outer two are made of small faceted cut-steel beads and the center one of larger faceted cut-steel balls, from these hangs an oval two-sided, dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of on one side Aurora – Aurora in a horse-drawn chariot – and on the other a seated woman with her head bowed under a tree before a column, in a simple cut-steel mount to which are attached two large tassels, below this a similar chain and a second two-sided medallion of dark blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of on one side a seated woman with a bow and on the other a classical female figure, in a like cut-steel mount, from this medallion are attached five chains, the two outer are comprised of small, faceted cut-steel beads and end in tassels, the two inner are made of a larger, faceted cut-steel ball and both end in hooks, from one hook hangs a polished basalt seal, or signet, of a classical couple with joined hands, the center chain is comprised of small faceted cut-steel beads and a hook from which hangs a large, ornate two-sided oval pendant of solid light blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of on one side a seated warrior and on the other an intaglio of a classical scene, on a cut-steel swivel mount.
Miniature cup (the handle is missing) of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration that includes three small relief scenes of a seated figure with scales, a group at an altar, and a seated man with a scythe, with a small floral motif where the handle was.