Confimation Medal

Modeled by Daniel Friedrich Loos, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

First quarter of the 19th century

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Large teapot of buff-colored caneware molded to resemble a series of bamboo stalks, the slightly curved spout likewise molded to resemble bamboo, the loop handle also, the conforming cover with a band of bamboo around the edge and a bamboo finial, the interior is glazed.
Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief of sacrificial figure, set in cut steel mount, metal components possibly by Matthew Boulton. the cut steel shows multi facets designed to imitate gemstones
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Elizabeth II who became Queen of England in 1953, the relief modelled by Eric Owen in 1953
Pair of white painted beechwood armchairs in the neoclassical style, each with a rectangular padded back within a frame of carved lotus, or leaf-tip, molding with beaded toprail, which extends along the curved armrest to the padding, below the padding the scrolled handhold is decorated with a carved overlapping lozenge pattern, similar to coin molding, which extends down to the front chair rail, terminating in a stylized acanthus leaf, the bowed front rail and side rails likewise decorated in the same lozenge pattern, the legs in the shape of tapered, fluted columns headed by patera; the back is undecorated; the celery-green silk upholstery and cushion are modern.