Pair of Bowls

Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory

1953

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The figure of Pierrot standing on a rocaille base with pierced and gilded scrolls, the base decorated with small applied flowers in lilac with green leaves, Pierrot wears a costume in white consisting of trousers and a jacket trimmed in gold, with a ruffle collar, and a large hat with the brim rolled up on the left side, his left hand is raised, palm up and open, the right arm is lowered at his side, the shoes are yellow with gilt buckles
Bulb pot in the form of an oval barrel, the body glazed black with bands of green, the removable insert cover with two fitments to accommodate bulbs and with two larger and five smaller air holes in the insert cover, the interior and the underside are glazed green, the topside of the insert cover is covered with a tortoiseshell glaze.
Curved bar-shaped pink jasper cameo with white relief decoration
Round dark blue jasper portrait medallion with white relief portrait of William Pitt (1759-1806), younger son of Earl of Chatham, English statesman and successful orator, he entered Parliament in 1781 and became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1782, aged 23, and First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer before he reached his 25th Birthday. In 1800 he was responsible for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.