National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1971 This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Tall, slender jar with a sharply offset shoulder, single strap handle and a narrow neck topped by a cup-shaped mouth. The foot is a thick disc with reserved edges. The mouth, neck, handle and lower body/base are black. On the shoulder are palmettes and tendrils. Below the shoulder is a band of meander and saltires. The main scene is on a white-ground and depicts a mistress (in red at right) and maid bringing a tray of ribbons/fillets. In the field is a hanging lekythos on each side, stools and a portion of a curtain.