FLOWERPOT
Creator(s): Unknown (Maker)
On view in: Pavilion Hallway
About this object
The flowerpot is carved from a single piece of banded agate and has a strip of gold or gilt metal around the top and bottom. The sides of the pot are smooth. The earth in the pot is gilded. The five flowers are pansies. Their stems are in gold or gilt metal and the leaves are carved in green jade. The pansies are made of sardonyx with a diamond in the center.
- Object name:
- FLOWERPOT
- Made from:
- Agate -- gilt metal -- jade -- sardonyx -- diamond
- Made in:
- GERMANY
- Date made:
- early 20th Century
- Size:
- 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.146
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973