Lobe-shaped Dish

Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

About 1765

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Vulcan's Forge, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Small enameled copper scent bottle of tapering flask form with white ground and decorated with floral sprays and gilding, with a gilded lattice pattern at each truncated corner, with gilt metal mounts and stopper in the form of a bird attached with a chain to the mount.
Pair of tricolor jasper barber bottles, the main body of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the bottle on round foot with band of overlapping acanthus leaves, delicately shaded, the body with stiff leaf motifs that extend upward from the stem, with four large molded masks of Bacchus at the shoulder atop a band of laurel leaves and berries that extends around the entire shoulder, likewise delicately shaded, the masks above garlands of leafy grape vines with bunches of grapes, on each of four sides a small roundel of green jasper with individual classical scenes, including Zeus and Venus and Cupid, surrounded by a white border, the long narrow neck with floral garlands held by small ram's heads below a band of beading, the conforming covers with stiff leaf motifs and ball finials (the covers are not identical).
Pair of hollow, oval, caneware conceits in the form of iced cakes with white jasper applied elements to indicate the frosting, the sides in the form of lady fingers arranged vertically around the body and supporting a tiered top, the top layer decorated with a band of stiff leaf motifs and in the center an applied element comprised of musical instruments within a border of crossed laurel branches.