Lappet

Possibly England

About 1850

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Frieze table of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four dancing Bacchante figures, one draped woman, one man wearing an animal skin and playing pipes, one woman with a tambourine, and one man (possibly Bacchus) wearing an animal skin and holding a staff with a lioness at his feet, all standing on a narrow piece of ground.
Tall irregularly-shaped vessel of vase form with a textured, glazed surface comprised of variegated earth tones in shades of brown, tan and black.
Oval medallion of enameled creamware with the portrait of the Roman Emperor Domitian with laurel leaf crown to left and the name "Domitian" below the truncation, the portrait is cream while the ground is a light blue with a border of Etruscan red and black, the reverse likewise enameled light blue.
D-shaped bulb pot of modified bombé form with gilded bands at top and bottom and repeating pattern of gold against white. In the middle a hand-painted landscape in monochrome purple against a green base. Landscape with river scene, house, trees and people, on opposite river bank an abandoned castle.