Oval, self-framed black basalt medallion with the portrait of the goddess Minerva, probably after Montfaucon, in full armor in profile right, below her the name MINERVA, the frame gilded with an inner border of reeds bound by a series of crossed straps, the outer frame of fluted cavetto moulding

Minerva

Wedgwood, After a model by John Flaxman, Jr.

About 1780

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Laureate head in profile right.
Vase with an elongated cup shape and tapered base. The exterior is decorated with dimensional bands along the vase's form. One thin groove runs along the center of the body, with several shallower grooves as well. The top of the vase has a rougher texture, appears almost sanded. The vase's interior is glazed a dark red/purple with some irregularities.
Small stoneware bowl with low foot and tall sides, Raku fired, the body glazed a bright reddish-orange and with two narrow cream-colored bands around the middle, the glaze with irregularities and dark scorch marks that cause the orange glaze of the lower body to be mostly obscured.
Heavy cylindrical vase that tapers inward and then flares out towards the base. The vase has a white glaze and irregular raised, horizontal lines that continue down the form. The body is decorated with light blue and black splotches around the form that are tinged green, appearing almost like scorch marks on the vase. The vase's lip flares up and out slightly and the upper part of the vase's interior is glazed light blue. The rest of the vase's interior is unglazed.