Charger, Christ Crowned with Thorns

Painted by Émile Aubert Lessore, After a painting by Anthony van Dyck, Wedgwood

October 1862

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Oval blue jasper medallion with profile portrait of Priestley (1733-1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, English Dissenters clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, innovative grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist who published over 150 works.
Oval dark blue jasper plaque with white relief scene depicting Pygmalion creating the statue that is eventually brought to life by Aphrodite.
Teapot of white jasper with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, of cylindrical shape with straight spout highlighted with white jasper motifs and white jasper loop handle, the lower body decorated with a band of floral motifs below a white line, the main body with heavy swags full of fruits and vegetables and flowers strung from ram's heads with ribbons, above the swags are trophies and small vignettes enclosed in beaded borders, below the shoulder a band of leafy elements, the cover with acanthus and lotus motifs and flat finial.
Iron extraction and processing, commemorating the 225th jubilee of the Buderus Foundry.