Miniature Tea Set

Wedgwood

Late 19th-early 20th century

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White jasper portrait medallion with light blue jasper dip and white jasper relief decoration, oval with the portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, facing three-quarters front, wearing a fur cloak and ruffled collar, wearing a skull cap.
Elaborate Louis XVI-style center table veneered in lemon tree wood and rosewood, with reeded, tapering legs, ornamented with light blue jasper plaques with white relief depicting cupids at play and mercury-gilded bronze mounts, with interlaced stretchers with center urn topped with berry finial, and tooled leather surface
On a four-footed, square base with arched skirt and a border of palmette motifs, a stand in the form of a laurel wreath supported by a swan with outstretched wings and stylized floral elements, with three prongs on each side for jewelry.
Canopic jar in two parts, the upper part of molded, solid white jasper with applied light blue jasper decoration, in the form of a pharaoh’s head wearing an Egyptian headdress, the lower section of solid white jasper with light blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration with bands of hieroglyphs and zodiac symbols along with Egyptian motifs, on round foot.