plaque
Summary
: L175
: Applied Art
: plaque
: Vertical oval glazed ivory relief on a blue glass ground: female figure in classical dress leaning against an urn on a pedestal, overhung by a weeping willow on left; trumpet-&-scroll trophy on trunk; ground line almost horizontal and falling away in front to water. Pedestal inscribed: ' IN // AFFECTIONATE // REMEMBRANCE // -OF- // HENRY // GIBBS // -AND- // GRACE // .HIS. // WIFE '. Bordered with gilt-metal and set into a rectangular ebonised wood frame
Current Location
: Stephany & Dresch: Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe
:
: 1800, dated
: [Book] Stanton, G. R. 1935. Ivory Miniature Sculpture.: [Book] Llewellyn, Nigel. 1991. Art of Death, The.: Bequest of D M W Bullock, in memory of Ellen Eliza Bullock, 1918