Tile

Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon, Minton's pottery and porcelain factory

19th century

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Half figure seated right, the head front.
The egg cup has a waisted form that extends upward and flares out, in, and out again to form the lip of the cup. The cups are glazed and shift in color from a light brown to a dark brown. The egg cups are decorated with irregular lines (either dark or light brown) that extend horizontally around the form. The egg cups have a flat lip. The interiors of the cup are also glazed and feature similar horizontal lines that correspond in placement with the exterior. The bottom of the base is unglazed off-white stoneware.
Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Bulb pot in the form of an oval barrel, the body glazed black with bands of green, the removable insert cover with two fitments to accommodate bulbs and with two larger and five smaller air holes in the insert cover, the interior and the underside are glazed green, the topside of the insert cover is covered with a tortoiseshell glaze.