Pair of Console Cabinets (Bas d’armoire)

Attibuted to Master of the Reticulated Mounts

About 1730

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Large covered wine, or water, jug of black basalt decorated with red and white enamel, with bulbous body on plain round foot with a band of dots and dashes at the lower body, at the shoulder a band of stylized anthemion motifs in red and white below a band of small white dots, with long neck and beak spout, curved handle edged in red, the conforming cover with red leafy motifs with white berries and ball finial, the interior glazed.
Cup and saucer of white jasper with light green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the cup with a series of cupids at play with dogs and birds and insects, the handle with molded acanthus leaf motifs and shell terminal, the lower part of the cup and the saucer engine turned with light green and white stripes, the saucer with applied overlapping acanthus and stiff leaf motifs around the edge, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished.
Mug with a cylindrical form thta flares at the form's bottom and tapers towards the base. The exterior features plain, dimensional bands most likely formed from the shaping process. These bands do not continue past the flared part of the mug and the bottom part past it is smooth. The cup's handle is a rounded square, placed at an angle to the cup. The cup's interior is also uniformly glazed.
Oval black basalt intaglio with profile portrait