Oil Jug

Wedgwood

About 1800

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Footed bowl of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief, the foot with a band of bound reeds and beading, the lower body with stylized acanthus leaves all around and the main body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series, including women and children at play in a landscape with trees and birds and a dog on a stippled ground, with a band of guilloche below the lip.
Oval bronze medallion with relief of winged male nude
Delicate silver creamer with low, tub-shaped body resting on three hooved feet terminating in splayed leafy elements, with long extended spout and beaded edge, the double C-scroll handle with small thumb rest.
Small, drum-shaped pedestal of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, around the foot a band of overlapping lotus leaves and around the central body three small relief scenes including, Friendship Consoling Affliction; Nike Sacrificing a Bull; and three warrior figures, between small dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.