Pair of Console Cabinets (Bas d’armoire)

Attibuted to Master of the Reticulated Mounts

About 1730

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Jug of black basalt with encaustic painting, derived from the Greek "oenochoe" form, the foot and body above the shoulder and neck are engine turned, the main body with an image of Daedalus building his wings below a tear drop border that extends around the body below the shoulder, with red trim around the lip and stem and a band of beading around the upper neck.
Bronze commemorative medal with relief profile portrait of John Flaxman on one side, and relief scene of Mercury supporting Pandora flying left on the other
Small oval medallion of white jasperware with black jasper relief of an African slave wearing only a loin cloth, kneeling and in shackles, with his hands grasped together, around him the inscription AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER?
Mug with a rounded cylindrical form that flares out at two points and tapers towards the base. The mug's exterior is speckled dark brown stoneware. Two areas near the handle appear almost smeared, like they were disturbed before the glaze was dry. The exterior of the mug has thin horizontal, imprinted lines uniformly circling the form. The mug has a rougher texture nearer to the lip and there are visible air bubbles on the body. The lip and interior are off-white toneware with dark-brown specks.