Medallion – German Series

Wedgwood

About 1790

See More of the Collection

In an arch with tracery above and below sits a female figurethe patron goddess of industryamong products of the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry Saynurns cannon and cannon balls machine parts and architectural elementsas an allegory of the iron industry wearing a crown in the form of a foundry oven in her left hand she holds a tablet with a crown and the initials FWE ligated and the year 1826 her right hand holds a stylus with which she points to the tablet at her feet is the name of the foundry Saynerhutte and a small shield below the main scene is a band of quatrefoil motifs
Demitasse cup
Pair of urn shaped potpourri vases on round foot of white stoneware covered with a black glaze under a clear pearl glaze the lower bodies with gadrooning below a band of beading with a band of white swags held by ribbons below a checkerboard pattern at the shoulder the covers with a series of large and small holes and an elongated neck that has similar gadrooning the domed cover with ball finial
Small rectangular plaque of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip on the front and back with white relief scene on the front of The Discovery of Achilles whereby Menelaus and Diomedes discover Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes