Man Making A Vase

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley

About 1790

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Rare set of four silver candlesticks each on a square plinth with canted corners chased with guilloche on the sides and flowers on the edges, the fluted foot rises to a baluster-shaped stem decorated with palmetto leaves and swags, the upper stem likewise fluted and supporting an urn-shaped socket decorated with similar leaves, with removable fluted nozzle
Small cup-shaped vase with foot, of white stoneware covered with a brown glaze, the main body fluted and decorated with a series of cream and brown stripes, below the lip a band of cream with applied brown star-shaped and clover motifs between two rows of beading, the interior glazed brown.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of Mars presenting a crown upon the bust of Leopold II, set in gold as a brooch
Urn-shaped potpourri vase or bulb pot of solid white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and applied white and dark blue jasper relief decoration, on round foot with a band of acanthus leaves around it and engine turned to create a blue and white checkerboard pattern with darker blue quatrefoils on the white squares, the lower body with stylized acanthus leaves and a laurel leaf vine running horizontally around the waist, the upper body likewise engine turned to create a blue and white checkerboard pattern with applied darker blue jasper quatrefoils on the white squares, with a white insert cover pierced with seven holes, the interior with a sump cover over the bolt.