Columbine with a Hurdy Gurdy

Bow porcelain factory

1760-1770

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Large bulbous potpourri vase of black basalt decorated overall with bright colored enamels in the Chinese style with chrysanthemums and other flowers, exotic foliage and a rocky ground, birds and a butterfly, with two small loop handles, the pierced cover with an acorn finial, edged in red.
Covered urn of solid white jasper with green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, ovoid in shape and resting on a square plinth decorated with palmettes, the round foot with a band of laurel leaves, the body heavily decorated with stylized leafy motifs, arabesques of scrolls, flowers and leaves, and a band of ribbon entwined with ivy leaves, the thick round cover with green dip on both sides, on one a large cupid finial, the other side appears as if it might have originally had some sort of finial also.
Molded pearlware plate in the form of a scallop shell, painted in shades of brown, yellow, green, purple, and flesh tones with the figure of a winged putti reclining in a landscape with billowing yellow drapery behind him and a fruiting grapevine on the ground in front of him, edged in mustard-yellow.
Small enameled copper scent bottle of tapering flask form with white ground and decorated with floral sprays and gilding, with a gilded lattice pattern at each truncated corner, with gilt metal mounts and stopper in the form of a bird attached with a chain to the mount.