Sprinkler

Derby Porcelain Manufactory, William Duesbury & Co.

1765

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Round blue jasper cameo with white relief of draped Bacchanalian female figure
Small covered rouge pot of white porcelain decorated in iron red, green, blue and yellow with Asian figures and foliage and with at the foot and around the rim of the domed cover a band with chevron motifs in iron red.
Large, square earthenware tile partially printed and hand-painted with a circular reserve outlined by a white band within two yellow bands containing in white with blue highlights the portrait of a young woman to left wearing a summer blouse and vest with a loose scarf and a straw cap with a band of flowers, the ground with a blue on blue design of floral vines, the larger ground of the tile contains in various shades of blue a pattern of decorative, horizontal bands with from the top a band of small x's and solid dots; the name of the season SUM MER; a fish scale pattern; a band of open dots; a band of scrolling motifs; and a band featuring a zigzag design, the reverse with horizontal bars in relief to aid adhesion when setting the tile.
Hour-glass shaped vase, moonstone glaze with silver or platinum stylized leaf decoration