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Bowl with Anemones

Bowl with Anemones

Artist: André Fernand Thesmar (French, 1843-1912)
Date: 1900
Dimensions:
2 x 3 5/8 in. (5 x 9.1 cm)
Medium: gold, translucent enamel, plique-à-jour technique
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones, Jr. Fund
Object number: 2005.43
DescriptionHemispherical bowl with a gold base ring and a gold band edging the rim. The curved walls are decorated in translucent enamel with two tiers of ten white anemonies with blue centers, their green stems generating from a brown trellis below, consisting of a row of thin pointed arches. The center of the base bears the mirror monogram "FT" below the date 1900, also in plique-à-jour.
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