Hercules Killing the Cretan Bull

Wedgwood

About 1780

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Obverse: Portrait bust in profile right. Reverse: A rocky mountain in clouds with a crown above and a warrior storming the summit with shield and sword below.
Small, rectangular cast-iron plaque, the cast-iron frame attached and decorated with a simple, repeating pattern of anthemion motifs and beading, the central scene of The Last Supper after the original by Leonardo da Vinci with the text MEN DICO VOBIS QUIA UNNUS VESTRUM ME TRADITURUS EST (And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me) from Matthew 26 below.
Plaster cast of the New Year's card with a view of the cathedral in Bonn, in cardboard frame under glass.
Oval dark blue jasper intaglio with figure of Hope with an anchor, back is blue and white variegated