Head of Woman

Wedgwood

About 1775

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Bust in profile left.
Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief of two figures, set in steel with ring as a pendant
Light blue and white jasper portrait medallion depicting the potter John Philip Elers (1664-1738) slightly right with his head turned to the left, wearing a wig and neck scarf.
Solid light blue jasper vase with white jasper relief decoration, the so-called Michelangelo vase because the model is based on designs after the Italian artist Michelangelo, shape number 180, the vase or bowl with applied white floral festoons and arabesque floral motifs mounted atop the backs of three molded, white jasper classical figures draped in blue jasper, who appear to support the weight of the bowl, with a fluted column in the middle as support, on a triangular base.