Ladle

Possibly James Scott, Dublin

1812

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Large library bust of the English architect Inigo Jones in black basalt, bearded and with long hair, his head turned slightly left and his lips parted, with skull cap and buttoned waistcoat with wide collar, on round pedestal.
Rectangular tea caddy of heavily carved ivory with silver mounts, the caddy decorated in relief on all sides with images of Chinese figures, exotic scenes, and animals with delicate floral sprays and leaves within a Greek key pattern border, with engraved silver escutcheon and hinges, four silver claw feet, and silver pineapple finial, the interior lined with wood covered with red velvet; the pair of tea canisters of heavily and elaborately chased silver in the Chinoiserie style, rectangular with slightly contoured sides and decorated with scrolls, shell, and leafy motifs, on the sides within a reserve 1) the figure of a seated Chinese figure in robe and hat, sitting on a cushion with palm trees and a second seated figure on the left; and 2) a standing Chinese figure in robe and hat with an architectural structure in the background and exotic trees, with a second standing figure on the right holding a flag or pennant; at both ends an engraved coat-of-arms, the covers with truncated edges and an elaborate finial comprised of flowers, ribbons, and leaves.
Bust of a male "Mongolian" in white porcelain, his head tilted slightly left, his lips parted, wearing an elongated moustache and short goatee, an irregularly ruffled conical hat decorated at the edge with small beads, and a ruffled collar over a slightly open coat molded with elaborate frogging, with a diamond-buckled belt above an integral waisted octagonal base that is fluted and beaded above the foot rim; the back hollow.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration with most of a tree on the left side, a boy seated on a stump with a pan flute, a young satyr removing the staff from the hand of young Bacchus, who sleeps beneath a tree wearing a grapevine crown, and a satyr seated on a rock eating grapes, with another partial tree on the right side, all on a thin ground that extends the length of the panel.