Pair of Corner Cabinets (Encoignures)

Stamped D. F., probably for Jean Desforges

About 1740-1745

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Bowl, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Small creamware creamer with scrolled handle and beak spout, the pear-shaped body molded to look like a cauliflower with green leaves and stem below and white florets at the top, the handle likewise glazed green.
Ornament in the shape of a ram's head.
Covered urn of solid white jasper with crimson jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, of calyx krater shape, on round foot decorated with overlapping acanthus leaves, the stem and lower body with acanthus leaves and lotus motifs, with two elongated loop handles with white leafy motifs, the main body decorated with applied classical figures, including a sacrifice, a woman with a deer and a woman with a bird, the overlapping lip with a pattern of acanthus leaves, the conforming cover with acanthus leaf and lotus motifs and teardrop finial.