Achilles in His Tent

Wedgwood

About 1800

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Bust in profile left in French civil servant's uniform with the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Dish, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Obverse: Head in profile right. Reverse: Eagle with laurel branch.
Cast-iron statuette of King Friedrich II of Prussia (1712-86), standing with his right leg casually bent, his left hand on his hip and his right hand holding a walking cane, wearing civilian dress with the Order of the Black Eagle on his left breast, the statuette on a small square, stepped pedestal.