Medallion “A Sacrifice”

Wedgwood

About 1800

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Circular, silver wine coaster, or bottle slider, with a turned walnut base, the sides pierced with at top and bottom a band of wave scroll motif, the central band a modified guilloche pattern, with a square plaque with truncated corners that once held a crest, the upper edge beaded.
Egg Cups, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Rectangular tablet of solid light blue jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration depicting five of the nine Muses—Erato with her kithara, Muse of choral dance and song; Melpomene holding a dagger, Muse of tragedy; Calliope writing, Muse of epic poetry; Thalia holding a comic mask, Muse of comedy; and Urania next to her globe, Muse of astronomy.
Bowl, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware