Ewer and basin, Lampetkan, The round can rest on a curved, six-lobed foot with a low straight-walled base. At the top of the foot is a rosette of hanging leaves. The base is driven with alternating cartouch-shaped and triangular fields that are filled in with scale patterns and surrounded by frames composed of soft ornaments. The egg-shaped body rises above this and is driven by four arched fields with allegorical representations of the continents, surrounded by frames composed of soft ornaments. Africa is represented as a scantily clad man with a bow and arrow, Europe as a crowned woman
Ewer and basin, Lampetkan, The round can rest on a curved, six-lobed foot with a low straight-walled base. At the top of the foot is a rosette of hanging leaves. The base is driven with alternating cartouch-shaped and triangular fields that are filled in with scale patterns and surrounded by frames composed of soft ornaments. The egg-shaped body rises above this and is driven by four arched fields with allegorical representations of the continents, surrounded by frames composed of soft ornaments. Africa is represented as a scantily clad man with a bow and arrow, Europe as a crowned woman with a scepter and a fruit basket, America as a man with a feather head and a bow and a bow and Asia as a man with a turban and scimitar. The concave neck rises above a profile edge, driven by fields filled with scale motifs and surrounded by soft tissue frames, and to the front with the arms of Sir Edward Sebright, 1st Baronet, or Besford with the helmet sign (Burke's Peerage 1956, pp. 1960-1961). The jug has a high, wide lobed spout. The S-shaped, high-curved, driven ear is composed of several divergent sea creatures and ends at the bottom in a snail. The ear is attached to the curling backside of the lip edge with the neck of the upper seaward hanging slats, Europe represented allegorically, 'Europe' (Ripa), auricular ornament, lobe style, ornament, Red Indians, American Indians, Johannes Grill, Amsterdam, 1649, silver (metal), h cm × w cm × d cm × w 1018 gr
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