Rulers of England – Queen Elizabeth

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Food warmer, or veilleuse, of creamware and decorated with multicolored metallic oxides in mottled shades of green, brown, gray, and yellow (so-called “tortoiseshell” ware) under a clear glaze, consisting of the pedestal body (.3); the two-handled cup (.2); and the cover with a candleholder as finial (.1); the body cylindrical with two rococo scroll handles and an opening at front in the shape of a pointed arch to accommodate a warming apparatus, above this and on rear side a female mask with small holes for the eyes, beside the mask on either side a series of nine holes each in a diamond-shaped pattern to allow for venting, the cup with two interlaced loop handles, the cover slightly domed with a tall candle socket with pierced side as finial.
Frieze table of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four dancing Bacchante figures, one draped woman, one man wearing an animal skin and playing pipes, one woman with a tambourine, and one man (possibly Bacchus) wearing an animal skin and holding a staff with a lioness at his feet, all standing on a narrow piece of ground.
Laureate bust in profile right.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior