Covered Coffeepot

England

About 1760

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Curved frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four Dancing Hours figures on a thin ground that extends length of panel.
Tall, heavy, covered jar of blackish raku glazed and fired stoneware, the body conical and the cover large and flat, the glaze a creamy opaque white with crackling and numerous glaze imperfections that give the piece a rustic feel, the foot left glaze free.
Rectangular black basalt intaglio with Cupid and earth(?) on scales, inscribed "L'AMOUR L'EMPORTE(?)" ("Love Prevails"?)
Vase of solid light blue jasper with white jasper relief decoration resting on a square white molded jasper plinth, the foot round and with applied acanthus relief decoration, with beading at the joint, the lower body with a band of stiff leaf motifs (one of which has sprung from the body during firing), the main body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series designed by Lady Elizabeth Templetown, with a thick band of overlapping laurel leaves on the shoulder and acanthus leaves on the neck, with a large band of beading at the lip (the cover missing, originally had two handles).