EGYPTIAN HIPPO, C/36 Flatware This statue features a falcon

This statue features a falcon

It is an art nouveau delight

but you can put other things in them too

Dia: 3" x H: 5" (100mm)

Wright developed two of them into rug designs in 1955

EGYPTIAN HIPPO, C/36 Flatware This statue features a falconThis well formed statuette of a hippopotamus demonstrates the Egyptian artist's appreciation for the natural world. The hippopotamus (no longer found in Egypt) was a danger to boats on the river Nile, and to people working on or near the river banks. These animals were represented by the goddess Tauret, and offerings were made to her in the hope of placating her. She was also a goddess of fertility, represented as a pregnant hippopotamus. Many models