Covered Jar

Staffordshire

About 1755

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Oval black basalt medallion with relief profile portrait of Caligula, set in brass with ring to hang as pendant
Group of a happy Harlequin family consisting of Columbine wearing a turquoise and black bodice over white ruffled shirt, with white apron and red and white striped skirt, her left arm is raised and she holds a pince nez to Harlequin's face, in her right arm she holds a child Harlequin wearing a checkered costume in shades of yellow, black, red, and white, a red hat, which he holds on his head with his left hand, his right hand reaches out to grasp a potato or roll that his father is offering him; the grinning adult Harlequin wears a checkered costume, the trousers in alternating yellow, red, white, and turquoise, his tunic in red, yellow, and white with turquoise bows down the front and ruffled collar and cuffs, he also wears a red, plumed hat with large turquoise bow, his right arm in around the back of Columbine, in his left hand the potato or roll, the base encrusted with green leaves and large colorful flowers
Oval self-shanked black basalt intaglio with portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Bust in profile left in Prussian general's uniform with the sash and Order of the Black Eagle, the Iron Cross, the War Memorial Medal 1813-15, and the Russian St. George's Cross, with ermine mantle.