Herculanean Nymph and a Garland

Wedgwood

About 1785

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Pair of white, footed, slightly flared bowls of hard-paste porcelain, the body molded into a fluted, or "bamboo," pattern that is in two sections, a smaller lower section and larger upper section.
Wedgwood oval blue jasper plaque, presented to all Wedgwood employees who went to fight in the Great War 1914-1919, this particular plaque was presented to Private, Ernest Bailey of the Royal Defence Corps who before going to war was a painter at Wedgwood's Etruria factory. The front of the plaque has a border of leaves which surround the central scene of Minerva and two other figures with a banner Justice and Liberty 1914-1919.
Oval tri-color jasper (dark blue, lilac, and white) cameo with white relief sacrificial scene with polished edges.
Obverse: Head in profile left. Reverse: In the center a lyre with laurel branches.