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America Plaque, ca. 1750
A relief panel of a figure with plumed headdress, seated on a crocodile and holding a spear in front of trailing vines.
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Four Continents Plaque, ca. 1770
All relief plaques rectangular with domed tops and projections to the side, probably made to fit into a specific framework or piece of furniture. (a) Asia seated holding a gadrooned…
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Plaque (France), 1927
Part of set of four plaques depicting allegories of the four continents. Bird life from the four parts of the world is represented on each.
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Plaque (Italy), 1660–90
(a) Asia figures and trophies surmounted by Amor or a love putto; (b) Africa, foliate scrolls above an heraldic cartouche surrounded by quivers and flgures below.
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America Plaque, 17th century
Bust portrait of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1517), framed by intertwining snakes and flanked by American Indian man and woman with child, a llama, puma, and monkeys among trees. Probably…
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Plaque (USA), early 20th century
Square plaque composed of irregular glazed ceramic fragments set in and framed with plaster; mosaic. One complete and two halves of repeating design of vertical green leaf in bulb-shaped blue…
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