Pair of Counter Trays

Bilston (Staffordshire)

About 1770

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Cup and saucer of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the cup cylindrical in shape with a pattern of acanthus leaves within small semi-oval reserves punctuated by anthemion motifs, below the lip a band of guilloche, with molded loop handle, the interior is lapidary polished, the saucer with the same pattern around the rim and a band of acanthus leaves around the well.
Very simple silver serving spoon with long, threaded, tapered handle and oval bowl, at the end of the handle engraved a crest, a rampant lion.
Rectangular blue jasper plaque with white relief scene of Cupids in the arts, break with old metal staple repair
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) Queen of France married in 1774 to Louis XVI. Portrait taken from an original medallion by Jean Baptiste Nini