The Waddesdon bequest : catalog of the works of art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, 1898 (1902)
British Museum, Read, Charles Hercules · London : Trustees of the British Museum · leaf 129
o < io8 WADDESDON BEQUEST. 229. Cylindrical taxkard of amber carved in relief, mounted in silver giltand slightly enamelled. The whole is of transparent reddish amber, thesides formed of nine slabs, each having a figure emblematic of a vice, eg,a woman with a peacock to symbolize Pride, another… … Fig. 35. Swedish Amuer Tankard (No. 229). for Gluttony, etc. Domed lid with busts and scrolls, and in the centre anivory disc with the arms of Sweden ; on the reverse a woman with a cupand ewer ; handle in form of a female terminal figure ; foot with scrollsand mounts, and studs slightly enamelled.…
Rothschild, Ferdinand, 1839-1898 · Art objects · Cloisonné
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