King

Designed by Harry Barnard, Wedgwood

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Octagonal butterfly lustre bowl with orange interior and mother-of-pearl exterior. The bowl has a solid golden trim on the upper and bottom rim. A wide golden geometric pattern (3.5cm) in the upper third is placed over blue glaze, intersected with four framed medallions showing Asian-inspired architecture and vegetation. The scene of the medallions on opposite sides are the same. A pattern of continuous husks of wheats is set underneath. The body of the bowl is decorated with four golden flying birds carrying a seated person on their back. Two of the birds have their necks retracted, the other two have an outstretched neck. The birds are alternated with a depiction of a rabbit on the remaining four plains of the bowl. A golden, endless Greek-key pattern decorates the bottom rim. The vibrant, mottled orange interior glaze is decorated with a wide golden trellis band (3cm) with blue bells hanging underneath. Three large, golden butterflies in different positons (open/closed wings) are alternating with three small, golden butterflies with open wings. Part of the butterflies are highlighted with red, green and blue glaze. The bottom of the bowl is decorated with a large golden rosette with red, green and blue glaze.
The small, gilt-bronze bust of the Emperor Franz I of Austria wearing the garment of a Roman ruler, his head crowned with a ribbon of laurel leaves, mounted on a square pedestal of cast iron and resting on a stepped, rectangular base, the pedestal decorated with the gilt-bronze coat of arms of the Austrian empire.
Charger with depiction of Adam and Eve
Green and white