Plate

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Yongzheng period (1723-1735), About 1735

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Small silver tea caddy spoon, the bowl shell-shaped and the handle slightly curved and decorated with bright cut engraving in a pattern of dots and swags, with an oval reserve at the tip designed for a monogram (left empty).
Light blue and white jasper portrait medallion depicting the potter John Philip Elers (1664-1738) slightly right with his head turned to the left, wearing a wig and neck scarf.
Plate of white soft-paste porcelain with scalloped edges decorated with the Kakiemon "Two Quail" pattern depicting a scene of two quails, one painted in iron red, and the other in blue with green tipped wing feathers, pecking at seeds beneath an arched prunus tree with blue painted trunk and iron-red and gilt decorated flowers in bloom, and facing a flowering shrub with large leaves, the edge with an iron-red meandering leaf border.
Round green jasper medallion with white relief of Cupid stringing his bow. Cupid also known as Eros or Amor, The god of Love, he is often seen portrayed with a bow and arrows in order to strike with his 'cupid's darts.