Milk Jug

Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

1765/70

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Oval terracotta jasper medallion with bright blue relief of prancing bull.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration depicting on the left the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche and on the right Sacrifice to Hymen with a decorative element in the middle, two laurel branches surrounding a tripod brazier with flame and two crossed scepters behind it.
Bust in profile right in uniform with sash, in large cast iron frame.
Bowl and underdish with japan pattern in blue, red and gold. Inscribed on the bowl and underdish are oval seals or panels with Arabic or Persian writing. The short walls of the underdish have two sparse sprigs of flowers and leaves on the outside only, while the inside is inside having an elaborate design of a central circular composition of flowers, leaves and vines. The two oval inscribed seals are composed in the middle of two bands along the inside rim of the underdish. The bowl has elaborate decoration and inscription seals on the outside and inside.