Cauliflower Milk Jug

England

About 1770

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Delicate cast-iron bracelet made of three large circular links with pierced motifs of acanthus leaves and a central rosette between three smaller links of pierced foliage with a central floral element; the clasp a large, pierced, and layered floral element.
Cupid, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Jelly mold and cover of creamware covered with a pearl glaze, the mold in a triangular prism shape on a flat base with truncated corners and raised edge to contain the cover, hand-painted in Wedgwood's Japan pattern, the conforming cover also in a triangular prism shape with truncated corners, left undecorated.
Identified by Ames as "Blind Jack," born John Metcalfe of Knaresborough (1717-1810). He became blind at age six, but learned to play the violin, ride, swim, build houses and bridges, and is famous for the many roads constructed by him.