Plateau

Wedgwood

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Ladies' parasol of black silk taffeta and lined with black silk, the canopy overlaid with black tulle, cut to reveal a subtle floral design with applied black cording and gold thread applied in a pattern of stylized leafy floral motifs, with ruffled edge with black satin banding and tuft of black silk at the top, the tapered handle/stick of ivory carved in relief with a floral garland that winds around the stick, the spike in the form of the bust of a bacchanalian figure likewise in carved ivory, with two tassels attached to the stick with black twine, the frame of black and gold tone metal.
Small oval medallion of white and dark blue jasper laminated and lapidary polished with white bas relief of a seated classical woman with attendant, in simple brass mount with vertical pin closure on the back.
Bust in profile left in fur-trimmed coat made of brown-colored plaster.
Oval medallion of black basalt with bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Vespatian (9-79 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name VESPATIAN impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.