Hot Water Urn

William Holmes, David Whyte

1765-1766

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Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth, with white laurel leaf border made for her Coronation in 1937
Bust in profile right with helmet.
Covered urn of solid white jasperware with slightly irregular light blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, of calyx krater shape, resting on a square plinth decorated with anthemion motifs around the sides, the round foot with applied white egg and dart motifs and fluting, with egg and dart motifs on the protruding stem, the lower body with gadrooning and two stout, molded handles, the main body with applied white jasper figures of the Muses, with an overhanging lip decorated with egg and dart motifs and a band of laurel leaves and berries, under the overhanging lip is a band of grape vines, the conforming cover with acanthus leaf and lotus motifs and teardrop finial.
Pendant comprised of an oval, solid dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of King George III in profile right with laurel leaf crown, set into a textured gold frame and mounted in silver adorned with a band of jargoons, or faux stones, which hangs from a decorative element in the shape of a large bow set with smaller jargoons and with a larger stone in the center of the bow, with an eye behind for a chain.