Platter

  • Titles Platter (Descriptive)
  • Medium ceramic
  • Credit Line Bequest of Frances Oliver, 1972.264
  • Work Type platter
  • Classification Containers

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Tall, narrow candlestick in the 16th century Renaissance style of colorful Majolica glazed in bright shades of green, blue, yellow, brown and white, of columnar form with round foot decorated with stylized acanthus leaves in low relief, the angular stem pierced with figures and scrolling floral elements below four female busts that support the leafy bobeche, the nozzle in the shape of an urn.
Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Small, slightly irregular rectangular tablet with the bas relief image of Vulcan forging the armor for Achilles, in the center stands Vulcan swinging his hammer while another holds a shield on the anvil, in the background are two other figures swinging their hammers, at Vulcan's feet lies part of a suit of armor and on the left sits Venus in Achilles's chariot, classically draped, her body turned toward Vulcan and her left hand brought to her chin, at her feet stands a small, winged Cupid holding Achilles's helmet aloft in his two hands, in the background is the fiery forge on the right and a landscape visible through the brick arches in the center and left; the surface has a slight bronze patina.
Statuette on tall plinth.