Pillow Sham

Attributed to Annie Tolson Young

About 1900

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Bust of the English poet, playwright and politician Joseph Addison (1672-1719) in black basalt made in one mold with hollow body and flat back, the socle square with bombay front and small reserve in which the name ADDISON and with a Greek key border along the lower edge, Addison depicted with short hair in civilian dress with loose shirt with open collar and embroidered jacket, with drapery that features embroidered trim.
Covered chocolate cup and saucer of undecorated white stoneware, the cup footed and goblet shaped with two double scroll handles, the conforming cover with flat finial, the saucer molded with a slight indent in the middle to hold the cup, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished and the underside of the cover is glazed.
Rotund bowl that tapers to base. The exterior is decorated with plain dimensional bands around the form. There is a slight twisted rop design along the first tapered edge of the bowl. The interior is uniformly glazed black.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of Soldier Bringing the News of the Death of Patroclus shows two men mourning at a head hung up at an altar.