British War Relief Society Commemorative Beaker

Copeland Spode

About 1941

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Large footed jug of earthenware covered with bright majolica glazes, the main body bulbous and covered with a thick, opaque white glaze, with an upward reaching, elongated spout, the sides molded to look like the outstretched wings of a swan, the handle in the form of a long, curving swan neck, the swan head with small eyes and slightly open black beak forms the terminal, the lower body, around the foot and lip of the jug with molded decoration in the form of water grasses in various shades of green and yellow.
Bulbous, urn-shaped potpourri vase or bulb pot of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white and green jasper relief decoration, on round foot with bunches of reeds bound by green ribbons around both the foot and upper edge, the lower body with stylized acanthus leaves and lotus motifs, the main body with alternating white and lilac stripes with molded, applied green jasper straps that create a basket weave pattern, with a band of white bell flowers around the neck, the insert cover is a metal replacement.
Classical Warriors on Horseback, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Oval black basalt intaglio with profile portrait of a bearded man