Centerpiece

Wedgwood, Decorated by Émile Aubert Lessore

1867

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Curved frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four Dancing Hours figures, all on a thin ground.
Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief of two figures, set in steel with ring as a pendant
Candlestick with figure of a dog and two birds surrounded by bocage
Oil flask of black basalt in the Greek lekythos shape with bulbous body that tapers to a small round foot, loop handle attached to the narrow neck and bowl at the top with a small opening to the body and no pouring spout, on one side decorated in red enamel with the figure of a seated classical figure holding a dish in one hand and a lotus flower in the other, the neck, upper rim and handle edged in red, with a band of floral elements just below the lip and down the handle, the other side is left blank.