Tea Bowl and Saucer

Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

About 1770

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Small bowl of dark stoneware, the shape wide at top and narrowing to a small, round foot, the upper body with incised lines running around it, the lower body smooth, raku glazed and fired to create a surface in mottled shades of brown and black, the foot left glaze free
Urn-shaped vase of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white and green jasper relief decoration, on round foot with acanthus leaf border, the body engine turned to reveal a checkerboard pattern (diced ware) on the foot and main body consisting of lilac and white squares, with applied green quatrefoils in the white squares, the lower body with a band of white ribbon and stick above stylized acanthus leaves and lotus leaf motifs, the upper rim with a band of palmettes which form a scalloped edge around the top of the vase.
Madonna and Child, Modeled by Leonhard Posch, After "Virgin of the Green Cushion" (1507/10) by Andrea Solario, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin, or Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Statuette.