Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom and Mental Activities

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

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Small, oval intaglio of black basalt with the portrait of either Julia Augusta, daughter of Augustus, or Julia Flavia, daughter of Titus, to right, with elaborate hairstyle, drapery, and pearl necklace and earrings.
Small bowl of white jasper with light green dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the lower body engine turned revealing green and white stripes, the upper body decorated with figures from the Domestic Employment series, the interior left white.
Tall wine goblet of clear glass overlaid with red glass and cut to create a downward radiating rectangular pattern on the bowl below a repetitive square pattern on the rim, the stem is cut so that, when turned, it appears to be composed of a delicate red chain, the foot of clear glass
Silver communion cup with associated paten cover, the plain bell-shaped cup with flared lip and with two bands of molding at the waist, between the bands engraved with four interconnected rectangular reserves within which are leafy vines, on a spool-shaped stem with central baluster knop on spreading, molded foot stamped with bands of egg-and-dart ornament, the plain paten cover with a spool-shaped finial with flat knop engraved with the date 1571.