Bust of Shakespeare

Wedgwood

19th century

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Pair of solid white jasper candlesticks with yellow jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, on round foot with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves, the lower stem engine-turned in a fluted yellow and white striped pattern, the upper stem with heavy floral and fruit swags supported by ram heads and ribbons and with small oval medallions with classical vignettes inside, with two brass replacement bobeches.
Large, simple silver spoon with deep oval bowl and long tapered handle, the tip of the handle engraved with a star motif.
Bust in profile right in Russian general's uniform with medals. This portrait was made in Paris during the spring of 1814, shortly before Posch returned to Berlin.
Plaque of white Jasper, with blue and lilac dip and applied white relief decoration. The cameo scene depicts 'Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn'. A female figure in flowing classical robes drives a chariot, pulled by two rearing horses, to the right across the sky. She wears a diadem of a rayed sun. One winged putti leads the way with a flaming torch and another flies behind the chariot. They are all surrounded by wispy clouds. Around the edge of the scene is a raised border of olive green, with applied white relief decoration of intertwined rope and small impressed bosses at regular intervals. The plaque, for box decoration, is rectangular with cut off corners and a bevelled and polished edge.