Butter Tub

Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

18th century

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Pair of candle holders in the form of Egyptian sphinxes on plain rectangular bases, each with pair of wings stretched out on their sides and wearing an Egyptian-style headdress, with a lotus-shaped candle holder extending from the center of each sphinx's back.
Pocket watch holder; on a decorative base, the stand consists of intertwined, scrolled elements and foliage with an eagle with outstretched wings, and a snake that winds up the stand and encircles the watch holder.
Small bulb pot of white stoneware covered with an opaque variegated agate glaze in shades of brown, beige, green and yellow, below the lip a band of gilded fret work, the fitted insert cover with two fitments to hold bulbs and two smaller air holes, both the interior of the pot and underside of the cover are glazed black.
Oval black jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Baroness Mayer de Rothschild facing left