Counter or Card Tray

Bilston (Staffordshire)

1765-1770

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Inkwell of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with scenes from the Domestic Employment series in a landscape, the top with a large opening in the center and four smaller openings, three with white relief stiff leaf motifs around them.
Large, heavy, footed compote of black basalt from the range of Pomona Ware designed by Paul Follot and modeled by Bert Bentley at Etruria, the wide foot with a band of beading around the edge, the thick stem fluted and with a row of stylized leaves around the top where it meets the bowl, the deep, round bowl has a thick lip and is decorated with six large, hand-applied, molded apples set among the leaves and twigs of an apple tree.
Small bulb pot of white stoneware covered with an opaque variegated agate glaze in shades of brown, beige, green and yellow, below the lip a band of gilded fret work, the fitted insert cover with two fitments to hold bulbs and two smaller air holes, both the interior of the pot and underside of the cover are glazed black.
Cup and saucer of white jasper with light green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the main body of the cup decorated with the Dancing Hours with a band of scrolled ribbon below the rim, with double-scrolled handle, the saucer with stiff leaf and lotus motifs.