Teapot

Staffordshire

1740-50

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Round, bulbous vase of black basalt on a very narrow, stout foot, with a long neck that has impressed geometric motifs around created by the roulette wheel, and wide opening, the interior covered with a slightly transparent light blue glaze.
Horizontal oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief figure of a child sitting by a basket of fruit, set in brass frame with ring
Large round, self-framed plaque of black basalt with the image of a Centaur teaching Achilles the kithara against a red encaustic ground.
Small enameled copper box with white ground, on the lid the image of a kneeling slave in chains facing left against a landscape with ship and the motto, "AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER."