Frederick II of Prussia

Wedgwood

About 1780

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Silhouetted relief plaque of figure on rearing horse with another horse in foreground.
Large round green jasper plaque with white relief scene of the Apotheosis of Homer. The relief represents the deification of the Greek poet Homer, author of the Odyssey.
Tall wine goblet of clear glass overlaid with red glass and cut to create a downward radiating rectangular pattern on the bowl below a repetitive square pattern on the rim, the stem is cut so that, when turned, it appears to be composed of a delicate red chain, the foot of clear glass
Heavy thistle-shaped vase that tapers inward to a cylindrical base. The vase's exterior base was first glazed a mustard/khaki color that is mostly covered by brushes of dark and light brown glaze, most prominent around the center of the vase. There are splotchy areas of brown o nthe upper half the vase. Around the vase's lip and its base are rings of brown glaze. The exterior has impressed, horizontal lines around the vase's form, irregular in both size and placement on the form. The vase's interior and lip are glazed dark green, with a dripping glaze in the interior.