Vases, pair, oviform and covers, the bodies encircled by four shaped medallions in relief, suspended by gilt cords and oak foliage, alternately painted with camp scenes in the Moran School and trophies-of-arms, apple-green borders; the ground of the vase _gros bleu_ with marble decoration in gold, the whole executed in the style of old Sèvres, by Boullemin and Leroi, 21 in. high. Christie, January, 1902 162 15 0 Cup and saucer, with panels of figures, vases and festoons of drapery in white on a sage-green ground, by Solon. Christie, January, 1902 11 0 6 Candlesticks, pair, decorated in grisaille and gold in the taste of Limoges enamel, 12 in. high. Christie, January, 1902 6 6 0 Dish, on pedestal, with a figure of Fortune in white on sage-green ground, by Solon, 11-1/4 in. diameter. Christie, January, 1902 17 6 6 Jardinières, pair, fan-shaped, with panels of figures and exotic flowers in colours on a Rose-du-Barry ground, painted in the taste of old Sèvres, by Leroi, 7 in. high. Christie, January, 1902 63 0 0 Vases and covers, pair, Solon ware, by Minton, with Classical figures and Cupids in arabesque borders, in white on a sage-green ground, richly gilt, 15 in. high. Christie, April 17, 1903 22 1 0 Pair of Minton pilgrim bottles and stoppers, decorated with Cupids in white on blue medallions, in the manner of Solon, on pink ground richly gilt, 9-1/2 in. high. Christie, July 5, 1920 7 7 0 Minton Sèvres pattern vase and cover, painted with panels of flowers and trophies on green ground, 15 in. high. Christie, July 5, 1920 9 9 0 [Illustration: MINTON. PAINTED MAJOLICA PLAQUE.] XI OLD ENGLISH EARTHENWARE [Illustration: BUST OF PRINCE RUPERT. Made by John Dwight in Fulham Stoneware about 1671. _At British Museum._] [Illustration: _W. G. Honey._] [_Cork._ SUNDERLAND JUG. (Two positions.)] XI OLD ENGLISH EARTHENWARE[2] It requires a word of apology for including the following “Chats” on earthenware in a volume bearing the title “Chats on English China,” but as the chief end of this little volume is to render to the beginner such aid as may be useful in the determination of the various classes of china, it was thought desirable in his interest to treat somewhat generally of earthenware in this and the succeeding chapters. Earthenware suggests pots and pans, and the word is redolent of kitchen smells, but a Wedgwood teapot or a Toby jug, though earthenware they be, are worth the having. Pottery is the poor relation of porcelain. The one comes in silks and satins, in purple and fine linen; the other in cotton gown, like Phyllis at the fair.