Bonbonnière in form of a Woman’s Head

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

About 1755-1760

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Cup and matching saucer of buff-colored lilac jasper dip, the cup footed and the lower part of the body engine-turned to reveal a lilac and white striped pattern, the upper body with white relief on the lilac ground, the figures drawn from the Domestic Employment series and cupids at play, with a reeded loop handle, the interior of the cup polished; the conforming saucer with similar engine-turned decoration in a lilac and white striped pattern, the edge with a border of applied white acanthus and stiff leaf ornament.
Obverse: Laureate head in profile right. Reverse: Within laurel wreath, an inscription, commemmorating the victory of General von Diebitsch bei Schumla during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829
Cupid Charms Flowers from a Stony Ground, Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron
Covered tripod vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration on truncated base with leaf motifs and beading all around and a floral medallion in the center, the ovoid-shaped vase rests on three columnar legs decorated with acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs and with lion's head masks with rings in their mouths at the top, the lower body of the vase with acanthus leaves, the waist with a repeating pattern of ovals and dashes, and the upper body with bellflowers below an overlapping lip decorated with a band of beading, the conforming cover with acanthus leaves and flat finial.