The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
One pair of basket-work antique-handled vases, enamel’d with
figures, Pomona and Prudence on one side and a landscape on the
other, in compartments, gilt to match.
One beautiful large group of two Virgins awaking Cupid, in
biscuit. [42s.]
One ditto to match of two Bacchants dressing Pan with a garland
of flowers.
One pair of beautiful groups representing Poetry and Music, in
biscuit.
One set of figures, the four quarters and four small groups, in
biscuit. [30s.]
One large punch-bowl, enamel’d with festoons of coloured flowers
and gold edge. [12s.]
One large perfume-vase, beautifully painted in figures in
compartments representing Eneas meeting Venus before he enters
Carthage, richly gilt.
One pair of large beakers to match, enamel’d in compartments
with figures, on one side Bacchus and Ariadne, and on the other
Venus and Adonis, richly gilt.
A very rich and beautiful compleat desert service, enamel’d
with different vases, festoons of green husks, and fine blue
and gold, consisting of 24 plates, 2 large oblong compotiers,
1 ditto with a foot, 4 round, 2 heart-shape, 4 oval, 4 oblong
ditto, and a pair of cream-bowls, covers, stands, and spoons.
[£22 1s.]
Four pierced desert flower-vases, 1 pair fitting figures, and 4
shooting Cupids, in biscuit.
One pair of fox-hunters’ cups.
A very beautiful Seve-pattern compleat desert service, enamel’d
with roses, fine mosaic border, richly finished with chased and
burnish’d gold, consisting of 24 plates, 3 oblong compotiers, 2
heart-shape, 4 round, 4 square, 4 small oblong ditto, and a pair
cream-bowls, covers, stands, and spoons. [£25 4s.]
One pair of sitting religious figures, in biscuit. [9s.]
One pair Satyr-head drinking-mugs, enamell’d and gilt. [8s.]
One beautiful figure of Shakespear, in biscuit, and fine blue
and gold pedestal. [21s.]
One pair large rummers, enamel’d with festoons of coloured
flowers, and gilt. [6s. 6d.]
Two large leaves, 4 small ditto, and one round fruit-dish. [13s.]
One group of 3 boys playing at hazard, and one ditto of a
galanter show, in biscuit.
Six Egg-spoons, 6 artichoke-cups, and 6 asparagus-servers,
enamel’d, fine blue and white. [9s.]
One sett of 3 vases, enamel’d with birds and gilt.
One large-size group representing Poetry and Music, in biscuit.
[22s.]
One pair of large gardeners, 2 pair of muses, and 4 small
flower-vases in ditto.
An elegant stand for different cheeses and butter, enamel’d with
vazes and fine mazarine blue and gold (rivetted). [21s.]
1 sett of 5 elegant jars, enamel’d in compartments with groups
of natural flowers and fine blue and gold.
A beautiful large group of 3 graces and 2 cupids, supposed to be
crowning her Majesty with garland of flowers, in biscuit.
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