Joseph Priestley

Wedgwood

About 1790

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Bust front in uniform with sash and medals.
Cupid Riding Pegasus, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, Modeled after a cut stone by Giovanni Pichler, cast iron
Large creamware, goblet-shaped "Boat Race" vase with polychrome printed designs on both sides with scenes of boats, people, and bridges in shades of blue, yellow, pink, black, and gray, inside the lip a mermaid with curved tail between crossed oars with a sun above.
Large, heavy beer pump handle of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with on one side the muse Terpsichore, muse of choral dance and song, and on the other the muse Melpomene, muse of tragedy, between them are dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.