Cup and Saucer

New Hall, England

About 1770-1780

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Pair of cast-iron earrings, pierced and with scrolling foliage; extended earwires, one bent.
Small teapot of cylindrical shape of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white and green jasper relief decoration, with ear-shaped, leaf-molded handle and straight spout with applied leaf and berry motifs at the terminal and floral garlands at the tip, around the lower body a band of overlapping acanthus leaves with delicate shading, the main body engine-turned to create checkerboard pattern of alternating white and lilac squares with small applied green jasper quatrefoils in the white squares, below the shoulder a band of leafy vines, the conforming, flat cover with same checkerboard pattern and ball finial with a band of like checkerboard motifs, the interior unglazed and with strainer.
Obverse: The conjoined busts of King Friedrick Wilhelm III (1773-1840; 1797 King) and Queen Luise of Prussia (1776-1810) in profile left on a pedestal decorated with oak leaves. Reverse: Goddess of Nature seated while a winged genius of the mining industry lifts her veil, lions lie at her feet.
Large, oval, bell-shaped dish cover of creamware, painted in green enamel on both sides with the arms of Abney and Bracebridge (see notes) within a ribbon-tied garland, the lower rim is edged in green and the lower body has a band of dangling laurel leaves in green enamel suspended from pink stems, at the top a pattern of pink and green cabbage leaves surrounds the loop handle, which is edged in green and has a decorative X at the base.