Covered Vase with Insert

Wedgwood

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Obverse: Bust in profile left. Reverse: The Luther Monument in Wittenberg.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief of tree of the Bacchanalian Boys, at left a tree with handled ewer beneath it and a group of five figures, a seated satyr holding a grapevine, two young boys supporting the infant Bacchus with a grapevine crown and staff, and a boy kneeling with a basket of grapes, all on a thin ground that extends the length of the panel.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of two beaded sunflower paterae supporting a floral swag containing roses and other flowers with two trailing ends on the left, and the Death of Hector showing Achilles and Hector fighting, with a body on the ground on the right, the edge slightly beveled.
Obverse: Bust in profile right. Reverse with inscription.