Oval medallion with relief profile of Lord Samuel Hood 1724 1816 British Admiral Born in Dorset Entering the Navy in 1741 promoted post captain in 1759 commissioner of Portland dockyard 1778 served with Lord Rodney in the West Indies 1780 1783 for which he was promoted commander in chief In his actions in the West Indies against the French commander de Grasse Hood showed himself a masterly tactician He stood for Parliament in 1784 against Fox for Westminster and was elected

Lord Samuel Hood

Wedgwood

About 1790

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Cast iron plate with a wide pierced outer border of scrolling foliage and swans the well with a central sunflower surrounded by larger petal like motifs
Oval black basalt medallion with relief portrait of George III 1738 1820 facing left George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland Baptized George Frederick William Son of Frederick Prince of Wales who died in 1751 and Princess Augusta of Saxe Gotha He was unable to read English until the age of eleven but when his accession took place in 1760 he at once made a favourable impression as an English born prince In July 1761 his forthcoming marriage to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenberg Strelitz was announced and their coronation took plate later that year His political influence did much to create the circumstances which culminated in the American War of Independence In 1788 the first signs of a mental aberration from which he was later to suffer became apparent In 1809 his health broke down irretrievably so his eldest son later George IV became Prince Regent in 1810 George III did not recover his faculties and died in 1820 after surviving several assassination attempts
Round lilac jasper medallion with white relief sacrificial scene
Octagonal vase with clipped shoulder and flared lip made of creamy beige smooth stoneware covered on the interior with a mottled brown glaze and on the exterior with a clear glaze that allows the color of the clay to show through each of the eight panels on the body decorated with brown glaze in a pattern of stylized leafy motifs