After meeting Grace and her objects this past Friday, I am updating the blog to reflect my new knowledge of the objects. The object in question is not actually a painting and the keyword is objects, not object. I was informed that despite being assigned "Grace's Painting," there was no painting; instead, I was handed a sugar-bowl and gravy boat to study.
The first of the two items is a pewter sugar-bowl. It weighs approximately 5-6 ounces and measures 3.5" high, 5" wide including handles and 2.5" in diameter on the base. The vessel has two handles. The bottom has an engraving, "SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA SELANGOR PEWTER." There is also a logo with the outline of a person in the center of the inscription. The body of the object has an engraved scene of oxen pulling carts, palm trees, sailboats, and islands set in the distance. The decoration continues around the entirety of the vessel's body. The interior is tarnished and one side of the exterior is darker than the other. There is one small dent on the rim.
The second object is a white porcelain gravy boat. It weighs approximately 3-4 ounces. It measures 3.5" high, 6.5" long from handle to the end of the spout, and the base diameter measures 2". The bottom of the object reads, "Kaysons Fine China/Japan/Golden Rhapsody/1961 by kaysons Import Corp." There is a gold line that runs down the center of the handle and around the interior rim. The body of the vessel has a gold and gray floral pattern on both sides. There is discoloration on the interior and around the spout. There are small chips missing from the foot rim. In addition, the gold line is worn-off on the spot and on the handle where one would hold the gravy boat.
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