Mug

David Puxley, Wedgwood

1964-1967

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Oval blue jasper plaque with white relief scene of Sacrifice to Hymen. To the left of the altar are winged boys holding a trumpet and a torch, and to the right are two others leading a goat and carrying an olive-branch. this was modelled from an engraving by Bartolozzi c.1778
Oval medallion with relief profile of Lord Samuel Hood (1724-1816), British Admiral, Born in Dorset, Entering the Navy in 1741; promoted post captain in 1759; commissioner of Portland dockyard 1778; served with Lord Rodney in the West Indies, 1780-1783, for which he was promoted commander-in-chief. In his actions in the West Indies against the French commander, de Grasse, Hood showed himself a masterly tactician. He stood for Parliament in 1784 against Fox for Westminster and was elected.
Oval plaque of black basalt depicting Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion.
Plain cream-colored stoneware footed mortar and a pestle of the same material with a rounded wood handle.