Coin Bank

Staffordshire

About 1755 - 1760

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Bust in profile left. Anna Amalia was the aunt of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Oels.
Small, oblong, octagonal sugar box of white porcelain with gilding, painted with small reserves on the sides with Chinoiserie scenes inside (a Chinese figure preparing tea on one side and a Chinese figure with a bird and cage on the other), "indianische Blumen" are scattered over the rest of the box, the cover likewise painted with Chinese figures, one with bells, the other preparing tea, with wide gilt and scrollwork borders as well as a Chinese-inspired floral border, the finial in the shape of a pagoda.
Oval black basalt intaglio with profile portrait of a bearded man
Small footed teapot of red earthenware covered with a thick, opaque black glaze, the body globular and with molded decoration in a pattern of flowers and berry vines, with crabstock handle and spout, the conforming cover with bird finial.