Parasol handle, carved ivory, by Jean-Pascal François Norest, France (Paris), 1859

Carved ivory parasol handle, with an acanthus leaf design containing under the curve of the handle a standing Cupid holding a bow. From a short circular stem, crowned with an irregular capital formed of acanthus leaves and a volute, rises a scroll carved on the whole length inside with an acanthus leaf; within stands a nude cupid on a short scroll rising from the base of the larger one; he holds a bow in his right hand and supports himself by leaning on the upper extremity of the larger scroll with his left hand which holds an arrow.

Bequeathed by Mr Henry Vaughan

Bequeathed by Henry Vaughan, formerly of 28 Cumberland Terrace, London, along with Mus. No. 975-1900, in 1900.

This is a carved ivory parasol handle, which contains a standing cupid holding a bow underneath the curve of the handle. It is made by Jean-Pascal François Norest in Paris in 1859. Norest (1822-1870) trained as an ivory carver in Dieppe from about 1840 until 1846, when he left for Paris.

976-1900