Set of Eight Napkins

  • Titles Set of Eight Napkins (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen and lace
  • Dimensions each 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (44.5 x 44.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James Meissner, 1991.1234.1-.8
  • Work Type napkins
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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Small cast-iron statuette of Napoleon I Bonaparte in officer's uniform with bicorn, his arms crossed and right leg extended, knee slightly bent, resting on undecorated, tall plinth.
Miniature cup and saucer of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, on both cup and saucer tiny relief scenes including on the cup Aurora, classical figures, and classical figures at an altar, on the saucer Romulus/Remus with a wolf, Venus and Cupid, Cupids riding a sea monster, Cupids with an urn, and Cupid riding a sea monster.
Bust.
Large, heavy bowl of coarse beige/brown stoneware, covered with a gray-green glaze that is mottled, letting the color of the clay show through, the central well with a scrolled design in the glaze, the rim of the bowl rubbed free of glaze.