Small oval medallion of solid blue jasper with white bas relief of Bellerophon watering Pegasus below Parnassus – Pegasus, the winged horse, led by Bellerophon bows his head in drink before attacking the three-headed monster Chimaera – set in a simple silver mount with horizontal pin on reverse.

Brooch “Bellerophon Watering Pegasus below Parnassus”

After a 1773 model attributed to William Hackwood, Wedgwood

About 1850

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