Female Nude

Eric Owen, Wedgwood

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Oval black basalt medallion with relief profile portrait of Marius facing left (157 BC-86 BC) Gaius Marius was a Roman general and statesman. Holding office of consul and unprecedented seven times during his career. Also noted for his important reforms of Roman armies, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens and reorganizing the structure of legions into separare cohorts. Marius defeated the invading Germani tribes for which he was called "the third founder of Rome." His life and career were significant in the transformation of Rome from Republic to Empire.
Draped bust three-quarter front, the head turned to the left.
Oval medallion with relief portrait of Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), He was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist and physician. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology." In addition, Boerhaarve was the first physician that put thermometer measurements to clinical practice.
Porcelain figure of a thrush with a white head and brown plumage perched on a low leafy tree stump amidst red berries, blue flowers, brown mushrooms, a puce caterpillar, a beetle and a bee.