Cast iron portrait medallion modeled in high relief with the image of the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné; 1707-78) in profile right in civilian dress with a sprig of Linnaeus borealis, or twinflower, in his buttonhole and wearing the Order of the Polar Star, a Swedish order of chivalry, below the portrait is the name LINNÆUS, at the top is a hook to hang.

Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné), Swedish botanist (1707-78)

After the model by John Flaxman, Sr., Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

1798/1800 (from Flaxman model, about 1775)

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Heavy mug with cylindrical, slightly waisted form that flares out to a ridge and then tapers towards the base. The mug's exterior is glazed brown and the exterior ridges appear white. The mug has thin horizontal, impressed lines circling the form. The interior is glazed green and also has imprinted, thin lines.
Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief of a Vestal, or a Priestess of the Goddess Vesta.
Vase of solid light blue jasper with white jasper relief decoration resting on a square white molded jasper plinth, the foot round and with applied acanthus relief decoration, with beading at the joint, the lower body with a band of stiff leaf motifs (one of which has sprung from the body during firing), the main body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series designed by Lady Elizabeth Templetown, with a thick band of overlapping laurel leaves on the shoulder and acanthus leaves on the neck, with a large band of beading at the lip (the cover missing, originally had two handles).
Bust in profile right. Cast after a Wedgwood jasper medallion, catalogued by Josiah Wedgwood in 1779.