George Washington (1732-1799), military general and first president of the United States

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period, After Voltaire

1777-1780

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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.
Simple, unadorned silver ladle with deep, round bowl and curved, tapered handle.
Creamware covered urn on small square base decorated with gold bands and a lattice and dot pattern all around, the round foot likewise with gold bands and painted flower and leafy sprigs, the main body painted on both sides with on one children in a landscape, the boy playing a flute, the landscape extends around the entire body and on the second side the scene of a group of children at a tree with a boy climbing on a wall to reach it, with two gilded satyr handles whose horns extend up and around to meet the lip, the shoulder and neck likewise decorated with flower and leaf sprigs, the fixed domed cover with gold bands and ball finial highlighted in gold.
Hunters with Dog, Buderus Foundry, cast iron