Cup and Saucer

Derby Porcelain Manufactory, William Duesbury & Co.

1796 - 1814

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Bowl, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior
Martin Luther (1483-1546), 300 Years of the Reformation, Royal Prussian Iron Foundries, cast iron
Obverse: The conjoined busts of King Friedrick Wilhelm III (1773-1840; 1797 King) and Queen Luise of Prussia (1776-1810) in profile left on a pedestal decorated with oak leaves. Reverse: Goddess of Nature seated while a winged genius of the mining industry lifts her veil, lions lie at her feet.
Urn-shaped creamware vase with two ear-shaped handles and long neck (the cover is missing), glazed light brown with a band of yellow around the foot, each of the reserves, on either side of the handles, at the shoulder, and neck, each band is outlined in red; on either side of the body is a central oval reserve, each decorated with the image of a winged cherub, on one side partially draped and sitting in a landscape with fruit, on the other aloft in a blue cloudy sky with a dove, each handle terminates in a female mask.