Vase

Eigil Hinrichsen

About 1955

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Creamware flatback figural group of Uncle Tom and little Eva from "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Uncle Tom sits on a stump with his right foot resting on a wrapped package, he wears a white suit picked out in gold, his shoes, face and hands are glazed black, in his left hand he holds a yellow straw hat, around his neck is a floral garland, with a small sprig of foliage at his left foot, Eva stands on his right knee, she wears a white dress and holds a floral sprig in her right hand, her shoes are blue and her hair is brown, Uncle Tom's right hand is around Eva's waist, holding her on his knee, Eva's left arm is around Uncle Tom's neck, the base with two parallel gold lines and the names "Eva & Uncle Tom" in script.
Oval blue jasper plaque with white relief of Minerva with spear, shield and Helmet
Small oval portrait medallion of black basalt with the bust of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American statesman and printer, to left, with the name FRANKLIN below the truncation.
Oval tri-color jasper (black, blue, and white) medallion with white relief profile portrait of Descartes (1596-1650), with black relief laurel leaf self-frame