Ruby Throated Humming Bird (Archiluchus colubris)

Dorothy Doughty, Royal Worcester

1950

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Chatelaine comprised of an oval, dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief set in a cut-steel mount with hook on the back, the medallion with the relief scene of "Hercules and Omphale," from this hang three simple cable chains interspersed with cut-steel beads, each attaches to a second oval, dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief in like cut-steel mount, the medallion with the relief scene of "Ulysses staying the chariot of Victory," from this hang five individual cable chains interspersed with cut-steel beads, the outer two end in tassels and the three in the middle in hooks.
Pipe bowl of dark blue jasper dip with white relief decoration that includes a grape vine around the upper edge and leafy vines and berries around the shank, the lower reservoir is a poor replacement (not Wedgwood), on the main body the relief image from the series Domestic Employment.
Tray, Possibly Susannah "Daisy" Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood, Fairyland lustre glazed creamware
Pair of solid white jasper urns with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, each on a square plinth with anthemion motifs around, with round foot with floral motifs and beading on the stem, the lower body with stiff leaf and lotus motifs and the main body with the scene of Apollo and the Nine Muses and above this a band of white, the shoulder decorated with acanthus leaves and leafy anthemion motifs, the terminals of the handles comprised of satyr masks, whose fluted horns extend up and connect to form an angular loop handle, with plain neck and flared lip with like floral band, the small conforming cover with stiff leaf elements and ball finial, the interiors left white and with sump covers.