Muff and Collar

France

19th century

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Small match box of white jasper with dark blue dip and white relief decoration, the box square with open top and with an extended back panel with central hole used to hang the box on the wall, the box with central white jasper bas relief of Cupid as Oracle – the God of Love depicted as Oracle divining the future for a young maiden – and the back panel with white jasper bas relief of cupids and on either side a leafy stalk and above the hole a daisy.
Large, bulky vase of dark tan stoneware with short foot and neck, the main body completely covered with prism-shaped "prongs" that extend from the body creating a rough, uneven, prickly surface, this covered by a creamy, thick and opaque, light blue, bubbly glaze that runs down the body and over the prongs, the edges thereof and around the neck partially blackish in color, giving the impression of burnt lava, a bit of the glaze runs over the lip and into the interior leaving the edge of the neck glaze free, the foot likewise glaze free.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Bust almost front, the head in profile right. Inscription on reverse.