Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Wedgwood

About 1780

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Dish, or stand, of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration in a pattern of leafy grape vines with bunches of grapes around the rim of the dish.
Round box with lid decorated with a man and woman.
Rectangular tablet of solid light blue jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration depicting five of the nine Muses—Erato with her kithara, Muse of choral dance and song; Melpomene holding a dagger, Muse of tragedy; Calliope writing, Muse of epic poetry; Thalia holding a comic mask, Muse of comedy; and Urania next to her globe, Muse of astronomy.
Sacrificial Scene, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron