Vases

Possibly by Norman Wilson, Wedgwood

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Documentary encaustic-decorated, two-handled, covered vase of black basalt, after the antique kantharos form, shield-shaped with upright strap handles, painted in red with on one side a bearded Jupiter seated with thyrsus (a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone) and Ganymede standing with a komast (drinking) cup in the Greek red-figure style, the other side decorated with an elaborate foliate scroll cartouche and inscribed inside “W. M. Moseley 1788”, the flat cover with a broad cylindrical finial decorated with a border of acanthus leaves and geometric patterned bands.
Pocket watch holder; on a decorative base, the stand consists of intertwined, scrolled elements and foliage with an eagle with outstretched wings, and a snake that winds up the stand and encircles the watch holder.
Wide, simple fruit bowl, Keith Murray shape 3806, finished with a Moonstone glaze. A series of engine-turned concentric rings encircle the top of the bowl, near the mouth. The rings are repeated on the pedestal base.
Assembled pair of solid light blue jasper covered custard cups and tray with applied white jasper relief decoration, the lozenge-shaped tray with acanthus leaf motifs around the inner edge, each cup is bulbous in shape with applied white, stylized acanthus leaf motifs around the lower body and a band of guilloche around the waist, with loop handles featuring shell motifs underneath, the covers slightly domed and with leaf motifs and ball finials with white bands, the cups lapidary polished on the inside.