Dr. Priestly

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley

About 1780

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Round plaque with Perseus and Andromeda with silver mount and ring
Blue and white octagonal plate with fan and circle shaped windows. The fan shaped windows have different landscape and water scenes painted in blue underglaze, while the circles have a floral and plant designs. The center of the plate has a structure to one side of the river, with some trees and foliage. On the underside on the plate the rim has stylized branches painted in underglaze.
Southern Netherlands, façon de Venise diamond-engraved winged goblet, the funnel-shaped bowl engraved with two oval medallions, one depicting Saint John the Baptist holding the Cross, Bible, and Lamb, and wearing a camel fur over his shoulder, the other showng Saint Paul holding a sword, the saints are flanked by two large flowers; the stem a series of coiled tubes, whose middle section is shaped like an "8" enclosing white threads and applied with pincered ornaments, on a folded conical foot