Dipping of Achilles

Wedgwood

About 1830 or earlier

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Small bulbous vase in Keith Murray shape number 3765 of creamware covered with a matt yellow, or straw, glaze, with foot and a series of molded rings around the body, the neck slightly extended.
Bust in profile right in Austrian general's uniform with the Order of the Golden Fleece, other medals, and ermine mantle.
Small hollow drum for a lamp or candelabrum of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, round and with a hole at each end, the body with a band of oak leaves at the bottom and a band of intersecting circles at the top, the central body with small relief scenes including, Cupid as Oracle; figures from the Domestic Employment series; the figure of Justice with another figure on a cloud (not a typical Wedgwood motif); and a couple before an urn with a female figure with wreath and bust on pedestal.
Cup and saucer of solid white jasper with applied green, lilac and white jasper relief decoration, the cup of cylindrical shape with a band of green acanthus leaves around the bottom, the main body with garlands of green ivy leaves with lilac berries and small medallions suspended from the joinings of the garlands, each lilac medallion with a small white flying cupid in relief, with a leafy vine running around the top of the cup below the lip, with leaf-molded handle, the saucer with like garlands around the rim and a band of acanthus leaves around the inner well.