Adam and Eve

Designed by Eric Owen, Wedgwood

1963

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Large, heavy ewer commonly known as "Sacred to Bacchus" resting on a square plinth with molded scrolling vines, the foot and lower body fluted and with bands of acanthus leaves around the foot and overlapping leaves around the middle of the body, with a smaller band of beading on the stem, the main body with garlands of leafy grape vines and bunches of grapes, on the should of the ewer sits a faun with his head bowed, he holds the horns of a ram in his hands as reins, his arms encompass the neck of the ewer, with a crossed double handle behind him.
The Dying Gaul, Modeled after a gem by Charles Brown, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in black jasper with white jasper relief decoration, the two-handled vase in the shape of an amphora, one side shows on the left the image of a nude male emerging from an architectural structure and grasping the arm of a recumbent, draped female figure holding a sea serpent, above her is a flying Cupid holding his bow and arrows, to the right is a tree and a nude male figure resting his right leg on the stump, his chin in his right hand, which is resting on his knee; on the other side left is a draped male figure seated on a rocky structure next to a column, he looks over his shoulder to his left at a central figure, a draped, recumbent female, lying on the rocky base, looking slightly left and with her right arm reaching over her head, behind her and to the right is the figure of a draped seated male looking over his right shoulder at the central figure; underneath each handle is a bearded mask; the base with the image of a cloaked figure, head lowered, wearing a wrapped headdress, with right arm raised to face, in the background foliage. The white jasper used for the relief decoration has been touched with shading to give the impression of translucency, the vase is badly blistered.
Delicate cast-iron bracelet comprised of eight links and a large clasp, the four larger links pierced with flared acanthus leaves at each end and two different Gothic motifs within a square grid, the four smaller links of double Gothic trefoil design, the clasp pierced with palmettes at each end flanking a central rosette.