Medallion “Ulysses Stopping the Chariot of Victory”

Wedgwood

About 1800

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Covered vase of solid light blue jasper with a darker jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, ovoid in shape on a round foot decorated with overlapping acanthus leaves, the lower body with elongated acanthus leaf motifs, the main body stippled and with applied classical figures in various scenes, including a sacrifice, classically draped women with a winged cupid, a classical woman seated on rocks in a landscape, and a classically draped woman with a young child, with a band of oak leaves and acorns around the truncated shoulder, the cover with acanthus leaves and lotus motifs, with mushroom finial.
Bust in profile right in civilan uniform with crossed hammer and gad on epaulet.
Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with cypher on one ("W S"), and Benjamin Franklin on the other
Oval blue jasper plaque with white relief scene depicting a Music lesson, a companion piece to the Infact Academy. Modelled by Hackwood c.1785