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Pastille Burner with Griffins
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Three winged griffins on triangular base support a circular bowl. Three small shawl-covered female figures are seated under palm tree on pierced cover. Embossed scroll border, beading and medallion on Medusa's head on bottom of bowl. Screw holes under each griffin where they are attached to base. Engine turned.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
[Frederick Rathbone London England] sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop New York NY 1914 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: Pastille Burner with Griffins
Description:
Three winged griffins on triangular base support a circular bowl.
Three small shawl-covered female figures are seated under palm tree on pierced cover.
Embossed scroll border, beading and medallion on Medusa's head on bottom of bowl.
Screw holes under each griffin where they are attached to base.
Engine turned.
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