Josiah Wedgwood

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Obverse: The figure of Fortune standing on a wheel in the sea holding a sail with the motto "FRONTE CAPILLATA EST," in the background a sailboat and coastal landscape. (Reverse is blank.)
Half figure seated right, the head front.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of the scene Psyche Bound to a Tree with from left a seated female figure holding a lyre before a statue on a plinth, Cupid aiming an arrow a Psyche, who is bound to a tree with a rope and looking over her shoulder at a butterfly on a tree branch, the figure of Diana with a bow and deer, and a female figure holding a vase of flowers in a jar on a tray with a winged putti carrying a torch behind her, all figures on a thin ground extending the length of the tablet.
Bust in profile left in general's uniform with epaulet, sash, medal, and ermine mantle.