Wine Goblet

Hester Bateman, London, England

1786-1787

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Vestal, or oil lamp, of black basalt on a square plinth with truncated corners and a baluster stem, molded with a fluted neck, oak leaf border and acanthus and bellflowers on the lower body, with the figure of a classical maiden sitting atop the lamp holding a pitcher.
Small hollow pedestal of solid light blue jasper with a darker blue jasper dip and with white jasper relief decoration, bell-shaped with a guilloche band at the lower edge and with four heavy legs of white jasper with ram's masks at the top and extending downward with leaf and berry decoration and ending in hoofed feet, on each of the four sides a small winged cupid with various implements as allegories of the four seasons, with a hole on the top.
Porcelain Commedia dell'arte figural group of a Harlequin wearing a lilac conical hat, a white ruff over a gilt-edged jacket half patterned with yellow, lilac and black diamonds and the other half blue and patterned with playing cards, with large gold buttons, with white trousers and lilac shoes with big yellow bows, in his left hand he holds cherries, he kneels behind his female companion Columbine, who wears a lilac and yellow bodice and white skirt decorated with bright "indianische Blumen", seated with a basket of cherries on her lap, her right hand by a colorful green parrot perched on a gilt-edged, white tripod table, her left hand and gaze raised toward a second parrot perched on a leafy branch of the tree behind them, the mound base applied with colorful flowers and green leaves.
Wedgwood Egyptian club jug of black basalt with iron red, black and white enamel decoration of a sphinx on either side of a bird in flight, with pinched lip and spout and loop handle.