Black jasper ceiling light fixture plate with white relief decoration of various classical reliefs

Ceiling Light Fixture Plate

Wedgwood

1867

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Small covered sauce tureen in the shape of a lemon with lumpy outer surface and naturalistically decorated in yellow enamel, the interior left white, the main body with a small green stem at one end, the cover with a molded red bud finial and two applied green leaves.
Large oval faience soup tureen with matching cover and stand, the tureen molded with scrolls, gadrooning, and shellwork decorated in rose, or pink-purple (pourpre de Cassius), and green enamel on a white ground, with four scrolled feet similarly decorated, the handles are molded with feathers and are enameled in shades of yellow and rose; the domed quatrefoil lid is similarly decorated and has an elaborate knop in the shape of naturalistically molded celery, peas, mushrooms, and mussels; the stand with two intertwined and pierced handles in shades of rose and likewise molded with scrolls and shellwork, also enameled in blue and yellow with a green, molded artichoke sprig in the center and with mushrooms and crustaceans at either end.
Bust in profile left in uniform in cast-iron frame.
Staffordshire transfer-printed salt-glazed stoneware scalloped plate, printed in red with a fable subject "The Lion, the Fox, and the Wolf" within a diaper and cartouche molded border and brown-edged rim