Coin Bank

Staffordshire

About 1755 - 1760

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Oval blue jasper Nicolo intaglio with black profile portrait of King George II
Large tablet of solid white jasper with green jasper dip and applied white relief decoration with the scene "Bacchanalian Boys," featuring five groups of small boys and satyrs between columns with urns and vases on top, supporting panther skins that form swags, and leafy trees with animal skins, torches, some with grape leaf wreaths on their heads.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of a Zepyhr with polished edges
Small caneware urn decorated with encaustic painting, of amphora shape with black bands around the edge of the foot and stem, the main body decorated with the image of a bearded man and a woman in classical dress at an altar; the man holds a staff and a bowl and the woman a jug (Libation to Zeus?), below them is a band of classical inspiration and around the neck is a decorative band of abstract leafy elements, the reverse of the vase has a purely decorative motif of scrolling vines and anthemions, the handles and lip likewise edged in black.