Kettle and Stand

William Grundy

1746-1747

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Cup and saucer of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white and green jasper relief decoration, the cup slightly tapered and with leaf-molded loop handle, with a band of green and white quatrefoil motifs around the lower edge, the main body engine-turned to create a lilac and white checkerboard pattern with vertical columns of white oak leaf vines in between and green quatrefoils on the white squares, with a vine of oak leaves running around the upper edge, the conforming saucer with similar checkerboard pattern around the interior rim and a band of oak leaves around the well, with stylized acanthus leaves around the outer edge.
Venus de Medici, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, After a model from Wedgwood, Based on a design by Rev. Mr. Joseph Spence, cast iron
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.
Plaster cast of Papal medallion, Pope Pius VII (1742-1823), born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, reigned as Pope from 14 March 1800 to his death in 1823. Chiaramonti was also a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict in addition to being a well known theologian and bishop throughout his life.