Small footed bowl of white stoneware covered on the outside with a fresh, smooth grass-green glaze and on the inside with a contrasting yellowish-brown glaze that tapers to brown at the well, the outer body decorated around with three bands in a geometric pattern made using the roulette wheel and highlighted in brown glaze.

Bowl

David Puxley, Wedgwood

1964-1967

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Fitzhugh pattern with Nanking border
Small heavy, hollow cylindrical drum, with holes at top and bottom, for a chandelier or other lighting device of tricolor jasper – solid white with dark blue and lilac dip – with white jasper bas relief, the body of the drum decorated at the top with a band of white interlocking circles framed by beading on a lilac ground, at the bottom a band of leaves and berries framed by beading on a lilac ground, the central section divided into four reserves on dark blue ground separated by anthemion and acanthus leaf dividers; the reserves hold bas reliefs in white jasper of 1) Nike and a Warrior – Nike carrying a palm branch symbolizing victory stands on one side of the statue of Athena with a helmeted warrior on the other; 2) The Dipping of Achilles – Thetis holds Achilles by the heel as she dips him into a large vase while a women holding two torches looks on, the symbol of a ram's head is attached to a tree; 3) A Sacrifice to Peace – two women performing a sacrifice to peace at a burning altar, one is standing and the other is kneeling with arms and hands poised in a graceful manner, clasped hands appear in relief on the side of the altar and the standing figure holds an olive branch – both are symbols of peace; 4) France and Minerva Joining Hands – the figures of France and Minerva joining hands before an altar upon which stands the figure of Faith, made to commemorate the French Revolution.
Large creamware platter of ‘Catherine’ shape, the center hand-painted in monochrome mulberry black with a view of Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire showing the house and stables in the background with the estate’s park, a river, and a bridge between two trees in the foreground within a border of gadroons, the rim with a garland of oak leaves and acorns with the green frog crest within a cartouche at the top.
Profile of head of Seneca facing left