Frog Mug

Staffordshire

About 1850

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Small asparagus shell of white soft-paste porcelain with low vertical, scalloped sides that taper towards one end, open at both ends to allow bundles of asparagus spears to be contained inside, the interior printed in underglaze blue in the "Fisherman" or "Pleasure Boat" pattern, above and below the printed scene a border of small blue square elements with a white dot in the middle above a repeating C-scroll and dot pattern, the exterior and interior sides with a similar repeating geometric pattern.
Small cast-iron filigree cross pendant with a small, central cast-iron medallion with the image of the Madonna of the Chair after Raphael in a gold mount.
Pair of ornate candlesticks, each on shaped square base cast with Rococo shell and foliate motifs, the knopped baluster stem with similar foliate decoration, the spool-shaped socket with plain central band and two rope-like bands one each above and below, the detachable nozzles likewise with foliate ornamentation, both the base and the nozzle engraved with a lion passant over crown crest (unidentified).
Large Staffordshire salt-glazed culinary, or dessert, mold with scalloped and fluted edges, with central press-molded pineapple motif.