Plate

Bristol, England, or Plymouth Porcelain Works

1780

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Oval plaque of solid white jasper with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration with the scene of Cupid with the Infant Mercury, featuring on the left a chariot pulled by a pair of lions with the figure of the infant Mercury behind it and Cupid riding one of the lions, the chariot is filled with a large vase and staff, on the right is a second chariot pulled by a pair of griffins, this chariot is filled with a vase, an altar and a lyre.
Oval medallion of black basalt with bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Caligula (12-41 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name CALIGULA impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.
Hunting Scene, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Covered tripod vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration on truncated base with leaf motifs and beading all around and a floral medallion in the center, the ovoid-shaped vase rests on three columnar legs decorated with acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs and with lion's head masks with rings in their mouths at the top, the lower body of the vase with acanthus leaves, the waist with a repeating pattern of ovals and dashes, and the upper body with bellflowers below an overlapping lip decorated with a band of beading, the conforming cover with acanthus leaves and flat finial.