King Alfred

Wedgwood

About 1790

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Small semi-round caneware teapot molded to look like bamboo poles bound together, with a bail handle and straight spout with molded bamboo poles in the middle, the conforming flat cover likewise molded to look like bound bamboo poles, with ball finial, the interior is glazed.
Necklace link with scrolling foliage and two stylized palmettes.
Octagonal tri-color jasper (lilac, dark blue, and white) cameo with white relief of a Nymph Playing Cymbals
Vase, or urn-shaped, small silver sugar resting on a square plinth, the round foot beaded around the edge, with two elongated, ear-shaped handles with stylized leafy terminals, the upper edge of the main body likewise beaded, the cover – with a notch to accommodate a small spoon or ladle – extends up with a long neck and flared, beaded, central edge with a domed top and ball finial, the main body engraved on one side with a coat of arms comprised of a semi eagle in profile left above a draped shield (the interior rubbed and not easily legible), the cover engraved on one side with the same eagle.