Tea Canister and Cover

Greatbatch

About 1755

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St. Christopher with the Christ Child on his shoulder.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of a Zephyr with Polished edges
Solid light blue jasper tea canister with applied white jasper relief decoration, bulbous in shape on round foot, the lower body engine turned, on one side of the canister figures from the Domestic Employment series and on the other the scene of Poor Maria featuring a seated young woman and her dog, on the shoulder a band of overlapping acanthus leaves and a band of roulette-made circles at the top of the short neck, the foot with a band of white around it, the cover (likely a marriage) with acanthus leaves and a pinched ball finial.
Rectangular box with painted scene of woman with a torch.