Hercules Binding Cerberus

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley

About 1778

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Oval black basalt medallion with profile portrait of Virgil facing right
Oval medallion of light blue jasper with white jasper relief depicting the "Bourbonnais Shepherd," a man sitting on a rock under a tree with a dog.
The figure of Pierrette standing on a rocaille base with pierced and gilded scrolls, the base decorated with small applied flowers with green leaves, Pierrette wears a costume in white consisting of a full skirt and a laced bodice trimmed in blue with iron red, with a ruffle collar tied with a lilac bow, her white apron trimmed in iron red, on her head a white tricorn hat with blue edging and flower, both hands are lowered to her apron and she stands with left leg behind and leaning slightly left as if in movement, her shoes are blue with gilt buckles
Mug with a rounded cylindrical form that flares out at two points and tapers towards the base. The mug's exterior is speckled dark brown stoneware. Two areas near the handle appear almost smeared, like they were disturbed before the glaze was dry. The exterior of the mug has thin horizontal, imprinted lines uniformly circling the form. The mug has a rougher texture nearer to the lip and there are visible air bubbles on the body. The lip and interior are off-white toneware with dark-brown specks.