Square plaque of solid white jasper with partial black jasper inlay and applied white jasper relief decoration self framed in white with a smaller black square in the center featuring the applied white jasper scene of two cupids with a lion the cupid in front carrying a dish and holding the lion on a chain the cupid behind reaching out to a bird in flight with a tree in the background

Plaque

Wedgwood

About 1795

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Large cast iron tobacco box in the form of a seated bearded Sir John Falstaff wearing sixteenth century garb with a large belt and ruffled collar in a scene from Shakespeares Henry IV act 2 scene 4 in which Falstaff pulls his dagger and proclaims this chair shall be my state this dagger my scepter Falstaff is seated in an armchair whose armrests end in goats heads below the chair on either side is a bearded male mask Falstaffs crossed feet rest on a small stool the chair and stool rest on a base decorated with scrolls his right arm is raised and his hand holds the handle of his dagger the blade is broken off his left arm rests on the chairs armrest while his left hand supports a long sword which rests against his knee The upper torso is hinged and opens to reveal the interior of the tobacco box
Bust in profile right in uniform with sash and medals
Octagonal blue jasper cameo two sided with white relief of three figures parents and child on one side and intaglio of same scene on the other
Delicate porcelain lithophane in cast iron holder the lithophane depicts the scene Brautwerbung Courting the Bride model number 229 in the Plaue Porcelain Manufactorys Preis Courant and shows on the left a young woman seated under a tree chatting with a young man in knickers who casually leans on a barrel with his legs crossed at the ankles the lithophane holder with a square base decorated with scrolling foliage and with a smaller square pedestal upon which rests the foot of the lithophane comprised of leafy foliage the stem of the lithophane in the form of a column that is enveloped by stylized acanthus fronds the frame above which can be removed from the stem is rectangular and rests on two scrolling leafy vines which emanate from the stem with pierced leafy motifs on either side and the top with pierced scrolling decoration and a shell like finial