Mug

John Aynsley, England

About 1800

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Lilac and white jasperware cover probably for a teapot with glazed inside.
Oval medallion of black basalt with the bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Titus (39-81 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name TITUS is impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.
Large, heavy round plaque of solid light blue jasperware with applied decoration in white jasperware, in high relief the classical scene of Marsyas seated on a large block draped in an animal skin, his arm around the young Olympe, who himself is draped in an animal skin cloak and holds a flute in each hand.
Pair of ornate candlesticks, each on shaped square base cast with Rococo shell and foliate motifs, the knopped baluster stem with similar foliate decoration, the spool-shaped socket with plain central band and two rope-like bands one each above and below, the detachable nozzles likewise with foliate ornamentation, both the base and the nozzle engraved with a lion passant over crown crest (unidentified).