Pistol

William Mansell

About 1710

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Creamware teapot of baluster shape with fluted sides and a high gallery with a pierced band of openwork pattern, domed cover with a conical knob, plain loop handle and curved spout, the body stained with green stripes.
Convex oval medallion, probably for a shoe buckle, of solid light blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of Domestic Employment – a woman holding an infant, along with three other small children, one seated.
Bust in profile left, head turned front, in uniform with sash and medals, and drapery.
Covered, footed urnof black basalt on a thick, plain square base, the foot with Greek key motif around the edge, the bulbous body with fluting at the stem, the upper body with relief decoration in the form of a band of festoon drapery with bows, the shoulder with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves and at the neck a band of bound reeds, the cover a facsimile with ball finial.