Herald’s Tabard: Arms of Great Britain with Escutcheon of Hanover

England

1801 - 1837

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Large footed jug of earthenware covered with bright majolica glazes, the main body bulbous and covered with a thick, opaque white glaze, with an upward reaching, elongated spout, the sides molded to look like the outstretched wings of a swan, the handle in the form of a long, curving swan neck, the swan head with small eyes and slightly open black beak forms the terminal, the lower body, around the foot and lip of the jug with molded decoration in the form of water grasses in various shades of green and yellow.
Large, bulky vase of dark tan stoneware with short foot and neck, the main body completely covered with prism-shaped "prongs" that extend from the body creating a rough, uneven, prickly surface, this covered by a creamy, thick and opaque, light blue, bubbly glaze that runs down the body and over the prongs, the edges thereof and around the neck partially blackish in color, giving the impression of burnt lava, a bit of the glaze runs over the lip and into the interior leaving the edge of the neck glaze free, the foot likewise glaze free.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of a swag containing roses and other flowers with oval sunflower paterae supports and two trailing ends on the left and three Dancing Hours figures on the right standing on a thin ground.
Tall black basalt vase of conical shape with round foot - Keith Murray shape number 3882 - the upper body incised with a series of engine-turned bands extending around the body.