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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE, III
A PAINTED ENAMEL HAND WARMER AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAINTED ENAMEL HAND WARMER AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
The hand warmer of quatrefoil form has a pair of hinged handles rising from the shoulder, and is decorated on the two wider sides with a lobed panel enclosing a scene of two deer by the river bank, and on the two narrow sides with a lobed panel enclosing a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond, all reserved on a turquoise ground scattered with composite floral scrolls below a ruyi band at the shoulders. The cover is pierced with a design of wan diaper, and decorated on the sides with similar floral scrolls.
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide
19TH CENTURY
The hand warmer of quatrefoil form has a pair of hinged handles rising from the shoulder, and is decorated on the two wider sides with a lobed panel enclosing a scene of two deer by the river bank, and on the two narrow sides with a lobed panel enclosing a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond, all reserved on a turquoise ground scattered with composite floral scrolls below a ruyi band at the shoulders. The cover is pierced with a design of wan diaper, and decorated on the sides with similar floral scrolls.
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
Prominent Midwest collection, acquired before 1985.