Fan

England

1880 - 1900

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Vase of bone china in the shape of the First Day's Vase with bulbous body and small foot resting on a small square plinth, with two upright, elongated handles, the flat cover with baluster finial, the vase in the "Aesthetic style" and elaborately decorated on a white ground with two large inward curling scrolls on all four sides in shades of matte olive green, turquoise, and gold, in between are leafy swags extending from orange and gold rectangular reserves above a stylized acanthus leaf element, the lower body in matte olive green with cross hatching and parallel lines in gold, the shoulder of the vase with gold anthemion motifs against a matte olive green ground, the handles gold and the foot decorated with a band of leafy elements in orange and turquoise, a similar band runs around the side of the cover, the top of the cover and the finial in matte olive green highlighted in gold, the square base matte green on the sides and likewise highlighted in gold.
Light blue and white jasper kettle, the lower body engine-turned to create a pattern of stripes, the main body decorated with white relief with on one side Charlotte at the Tomb of Werther and on the other with figures from the Domestic Employment series, on the shoulder are stylized reeds and floral elements, the neck is raised and scalloped and the cover sits inside it, the cover likewise engine-turned and with a pattern of stiff leaf motifs and beading emanating from the conforming ball knop, the relatively straight spout is molded with overlapping leaves, the bail handle is comprised of silver and wood.
Rectangular black basalt intaglio with figure of Melpomene
Rectangular blue jasper plaque with white relief scene of Cupids in the arts, break with old metal staple repair