Kansas City 1906 Priests of Pallas Masked Ball Souvenir Cloisonne Plate / Plaque Homespun this is a bit of

this is a bit of a weird one

Hennix's work is featured in collections including those of Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg

see photos): a few of the knobs on the drawers are chipped (it appears they have been restrained since)

Clearly its original recipient--represented with this great portrait on the front

So much fun

Kansas City 1906 Priests of Pallas Masked Ball Souvenir Cloisonne Plate / Plaque Homespun this is a bit ofThis one is especially for my Kansas City friends, and carries a pretty interesting history. Plus, I think it is a pretty gorgeous thing! The P. O. P stands for "Priests of Pallas", which was a huge, extravagant week long event founded in 1887 by Kansas City leaders with the intent of re defining the city as "the Athens of the West", hence the image of Athena at the bottom center of the plate. Among many other things, the festival (which ran annually