Rectangular tablet of solid light blue jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration depicting five of the nine Muses—Erato with her kithara, Muse of choral dance and song; Melpomene holding a dagger, Muse of tragedy; Calliope writing, Muse of epic poetry; Thalia holding a comic mask, Muse of comedy; and Urania next to her globe, Muse of astronomy.

Five Muses

John Flaxman, Jr., Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley

1778-1779

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Small, rectangular box with truncated edges, the top with a blue enamel band running around the edge, set with an enameled metal plaque painted with a view of the seaport at Constantinople (today's Istanbul) with rustic structures in a forested area in the foreground and a hilly landscape with trees and a large domed church on the hill on the right in the background, the plaque is edged in blue enamel and the gold around it is elaborately chased with a pattern of scrolling foliage and delicate stylized flowers, each side includes a central reserve edged in blue enamel and with a repeating pattern of small floral motifs inside, above the reserves runs a band of leafy and floral motifs around the perimeter of the box, each corner is decorated with a design of scrolling foliage; the underside of the box includes a border of stylized anthemion and vine motifs edged in blue enamel and a central panel, also edged in blue enamel, of an elaborate floral bouquet.
Small covered vase of tricolor jasperware, urn shaped with two low handles, the main body decorated in white bas relief with on one side figures from the scene "Maternal Affection" designed by Lady Elizabeth Templetown and originally modeled by William Hackwood in 1783; on the other the figures of the goddesses Abundantia holding a cornucopia and Hera (Juno) with a peacock, drawn from the same scene, between the two sides above each handle is a tree and other flora, the lower body decorated with white jasper acanthus leaves between dark blue jasper reed-like elements, each handle highlighted in dark blue jasper husk, or bellflower, motifs, the upper edge and around the round foot a band of dark blue acanthus leaves, the domed cover with like white jasper acanthus leaves and dark blue jasper reed-like elements, with tear-drop finial, the square pedestal with on each side in white jasper a central rosette with stylized anthemion motifs.
Miniature cup and saucer of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, on both cup and saucer tiny relief scenes including on the cup Aurora, classical figures, and classical figures at an altar, on the saucer Romulus/Remus with a wolf, Venus and Cupid, Cupids riding a sea monster, Cupids with an urn, and Cupid riding a sea monster.
Porcelain figure of a thrush with brown and gray plumage and a brown-speckled white breast perched on a low tree stump heightened in green and yellow and applied with a small branch and yellow florette with green leaves.