Bust, Sir Walter Scott (English, 1771-1831)

Model by Edward Wyon, Wedgwood

About 1865

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Oval tri-color jasper (lilac, sage green, and white) cameo with white relief sacrificial scene, With polished edges
Oval white jasper medallion with green relief of Melpomene was one of the nine muses originally the goddess of music, song and dance before being named the muse of tragedy potrayed holding a tragic mask or sword often wearing a wreath of Ivy and wearing cothurnus boots.
Solid light blue jasper bulb pot with applied white jasper relief decoration, the round foot decorated with acanthus leaves with beading at the joint, the lower body with stiff leaf motifs against a stippled ground, and a band of small reliefs including trophies, musical instruments, masks and acanthus leaves around the waist, the main body with the scene of Apollo and the Nine Muses in a landscape likewise against a stippled ground, the protruding lip with gadrooning, the inset cover fitment of solid light blue jasper with a darker blue jasper dip with a molded mossy ground with flowers and three large holes to support three inserts to hold bulbs, each in the form of a leafy stem.
Obverse: Triple conjoined portraits staggered in profile right. Reverse: The three members of the triumvirate at a table with a map dividing the Roman world between them.