Dr. John Fothergill (1712-1780), English Quaker Physician and Botanist

Wedgwood, Modeled by John Flaxman, Jr.

Modeled 1781; Made between 1781-1798

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Obverse: Bust front, holding the Bible. Reverse: Luther with his Ninety-Five Theses at the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of three Dancing Hours figures, all on a thin ground.
Oval green jasper plaque with white relief of mother with children, with oval butt for setting in baby carriages, made for Wilson of Guisley?, pairs with 5895.2008
Round basalt medallion with encaustic profile portrait of Dr Daniel Solander (1736-1782), with self-frame. Solander was a Swedish naturalist who studied at the University of Uppsala, taking an M.D Degree later becoming an employee at the British Museum