Vase with Cover

Wedgwood

1780-1800

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Solid light blue jasper bulb pot with applied white jasper relief decoration, the round foot decorated with acanthus leaves with beading at the joint, the lower body with stiff leaf motifs against a stippled ground, and a band of small reliefs including trophies, musical instruments, masks and acanthus leaves around the waist, the main body with the scene of Apollo and the Nine Muses in a landscape likewise against a stippled ground, the protruding lip with gadrooning, the inset cover fitment of solid light blue jasper with a darker blue jasper dip with a molded mossy ground with flowers and three large holes to support three inserts to hold bulbs, each in the form of a leafy stem.
Classical Warrior Collapsing in Front of a City Gate, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Bow porcelain goat and kid facing each other. The goat has brown patches and is standing while the kid painted with dark gray patches in sitting. The scroll base is painted in burgundy strokes and decorated with green foliage and white flowers.
Tall, elegant silver centerpiece resting on a flat, triangular base with concave sides and guilloche border, mounted on three delicately chased shell feet, the lower body of the centerpiece likewise of triangular form with two bands of guilloche molding and the cast and applied arms of the Earls of Coventry on all three long sides separated by individual molded scroll motifs on the short sides, supported by three dolphins with looped tails between heavy swags of fruit and flowers; on each angle of the lower body stands a female figure of caryatid type sculptured in the round and clad in a classically draped gown and sandals, facing outward, the figures hold in each hand the wand, or scepter, of Dionysus, one surmounted by a pine cone and the other by ivy leaves and berries, so that they form a criss-cross pattern with the wands, which are crossed and tied near the middle with large bows, in the center of the figures is a large round medallion, and resting lightly on the heads of the figures is a circular stand decorated with a frieze of scrolling foliage and flowers below a large bowl of open basketwork rising to a double-plaited edge with a band of guilloche. A glass liner (now missing) originally fit into the bowl.