Oval medallion of white jasper with green jasper dip and white relief with a scene from the "Domestic Employment" series, a seated woman reading and a small child playing with a doll on the floor, mounted in a gilt-bronze frame.

Domestic Employment

Wedgwood, After the design by Lady Elizabeth Templetown, After the model by William Hackwood

1785-1800

See More of the Collection

Bust in profile right.
Drawer pull with enameled floral decoration
Large oval faience soup tureen with matching cover and stand, the tureen molded with scrolls, gadrooning, and shellwork decorated in rose, or pink-purple (pourpre de Cassius), and green enamel on a white ground, with four scrolled feet similarly decorated, the handles are molded with feathers and are enameled in shades of yellow and rose; the domed quatrefoil lid is similarly decorated and has an elaborate knop in the shape of naturalistically molded celery, peas, mushrooms, and mussels; the stand with two intertwined and pierced handles in shades of rose and likewise molded with scrolls and shellwork, also enameled in blue and yellow with a green, molded artichoke sprig in the center and with mushrooms and crustaceans at either end.
Round blue jasper medallion with white relief scene of man and women, "Sun and Wind"