Eye Bath

Wedgwood

1820-1830

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Ladies’ covered paint box of solid light blue jasper with a darker blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, oval in shape, the main body with stippled ground and decorated in relief with scenes from “Setting Out on the Hunt,” “Bringing Home the Game,” and “The Arts,” with groups of putti with dogs and hunting accoutrements, carrying game, and playing instruments, the slightly domed cover with acanthus border and sunflower finial with applied leaves against stippled ground; the interior outfitted with two white paint palettes (not original) and a solid blue jasper holder with twelve small white paint cups (also not original).
Bust in profile right in Austrian general's uniform with sash and ermine mantle.
Miniature cache, or flower, pot of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the pot of bulbous shape with slight foot and bands of white at top and bottom, in the center of the body a large floral band in white relief.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration featuring two oval paterae with sunflowers and beading supporting a floral festoon with two trailing ends containing roses and other flowers.