Cornwallis Pitcher

Staffordshire

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Soft-paste porcelain figure of a so-called "Mansion House Dwarf" or "Dwarf Crier" standing in full figure on a round, grassy base and wearing black shoes with pink ribbons, a striped pantaloons with floral doublet and pink sleeves, with gilded highlights, holding a staff in his left hand, with large brown mustache and wearing a tall conical hat with narrow brim highlighted in gold and with a black ribbon, the top of the hat has a piece of newsprint with advertisements.
Candlestick, Bow porcelain factory, ceramic
Soft-paste porcelain candlestick comprised of a figural group featuring a male gardener with spade and his female companion holding a basket of flowers, both wearing hats, their clothing decorated in bright enamel colors, standing on a scrolled base highlighted in blue and puce, behind them a flowering tree that extends upward to become a single candleholder and bobeche in the form of petals and highlighted in green and puce.
Custard cup of "tear" or "comma" shape of solid dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a lattice pattern.