Oval black basalt intaglio with profile portrait

Intaglio

Wedgwood

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Oval self-shanked black basalt intaglio with portrait of Benjamin Franklin
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Jug of black basalt with encaustic painting, derived from the Greek "oenochoe" form, the foot and body above the shoulder and neck are engine turned, the main body with an image of Daedalus building his wings below a tear drop border that extends around the body below the shoulder, with red trim around the lip and stem and a band of beading around the upper neck.
Large, heavy beer pump handle of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with on one side the figure of Aesculapius, god of medicine, between two trees and on the other the figure of a draped female, perhaps Hygeia, daughter of Aesculapius and goddess of health.