Tyg, bottom described as "Model of Ancient Tyg." Cylindrical that concaves inwards in the mid-section. Two handles side by side angled each other where the bottom of the handles touch. Handles are the attached near the top curves out and angles down attaching about ⅓ from the bottom. The bottom flutes out to make a small foot. The mouth is trimmed in gold. The shield is "edged" shaped and divided in cross style. Alternating blue and yellow. Top let is blue with a standing lion, outlining against the cross is yellow. Top right is yellow with a bull with a green border against the cross. Bottom left is yellow with a praising man (standing with his arms up, wearing a brown robe), the bottom right is blue with a serpant dragon, with a yellow border against the cross. On either side of the shield is a man with fawn legs and angle wings for arms. The outside wing is pulled in with the bottom swooping across the waist. The inside wing is stretched out over the shield reaching to each other, creating a triangular space. Inside the space is a triangulated architectural feature resting on a blue and yellow, diagonally stripped, horizontal pole. A ribbon with Hebrew script below the shield states "Grand Lodge of Ireland" Made by W.H. Goss 1184-1914
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Ireland
Verbatim coll. place:
England- Stoke on Trent
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Paint (coating), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
souvenir
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
height 6.1 centimeters and diameter 2.3 centimeters