Armchair

Francis Jourdain

1925/35

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Pair of Wedgwood Bone china floral earrings each with a pink and cream rose on a metal mount
Large, bulky vase of dark tan stoneware with short foot and neck, the main body completely covered with prism-shaped "prongs" that extend from the body creating a rough, uneven, prickly surface, this covered by a creamy, thick and opaque, light blue, bubbly glaze that runs down the body and over the prongs, the edges thereof and around the neck partially blackish in color, giving the impression of burnt lava, a bit of the glaze runs over the lip and into the interior leaving the edge of the neck glaze free, the foot likewise glaze free.
Oval tray of light blue jasper with light blue jasper dip, with raised edge decorated in white relief in a pattern of overlapping acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs, the center well with an oval reserve framed by a band of intertwined ribbons, in the center a sunflower, the white relief with some shading.
Round basalt medallion with encaustic profile portrait of Dr Daniel Solander (1736-1782), with self-frame. Solander was a Swedish naturalist who studied at the University of Uppsala, taking an M.D Degree later becoming an employee at the British Museum