Dimensions: H 7/8 x L 1 7/8 in. #1119
Dimensions: H 3/4 x L 1 3/4 in. #1118
Length: 2 3/8 in. #1120
The plaque depicts the Château de Chillon, a medieval castle set on an island in Lake Geneva, with Mont Blanc in the background. Chillon was a source of inspiration to the English Romantics, especially Lord Byron whose Prisoner of Chillon was inspired by its use as a prison during the 16th-century Wars of Religion. Byron’s evocation of tormented solitude is ...
Size: 4 1/2. Weight: 2.1 dwt (3.2 g). #1221
Dimensions: H 11 1/4 x W 3 1/2 x D 3 in. Weight: 5.5 troy ounces. #BY490
Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x D 5/8 in. #112
Dimensions: H 1 x W 1 3/4 in. #878
Dimensions: H 12 3/8 x D 3 3/4 in. #BZ148
In the celebrated pattern that is an American interpretation of a Japanese motif. To Baroque forms are applied a profusion of climbing, wrapping, and bunching flower heads. Chrysanthemum was introduced in 1880 and this set dates from the first quarter century of its production.
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