Shawl

Possibly Scotland

About 1900

  • Titles Shawl (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool
  • Dimensions 57 x 124 in. (144.8 x 315 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Alice Finch Smith, 1987.187.4
  • Work Type shawl
  • Classification Costume

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Jar with Cover, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Solid light blue jasper urn with white terracotta stoneware plinth and applied white jasper relief decoration, the small square plinth with molded oval motifs, the round foot with molded acanthus leaf decoration, the lower body with stylized leaf motifs and the main body with a procession of winged cupids (Procession of Little Boys) holding laurel leaf garlands between them with birds at their feet against a stippled ground, a double band of molded beading and guilloche below the shoulder, the shoulder and neck with molded fluting and a band of white jasper beads, with two scrolled handles with oval medallions with sunflowers and beading as terminals, the cover is a facsimile.
Oval medallion of black basalt with the bas relief portrait of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, self frame, pierced to hang.
Round dark blue jasper medallion with white relief scene of Cupid unmasked also known as Cupid as Oracle. In his role as God of Love Cupid is divining the future for the assembled maidens, set in brass frame with ring