View of the Berlin Hamburg railway station

New Year’s Card

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

1848

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The figure of a mustached Doctor Boloardo standing on a small white base his knees bent and his right leg thrust forward his hands at waist wearing red knee breeches white stockings and black shoes his puce colored coat with gilt buttons and details a large white ruffled collar rests upon his gray cloak with yellow lining he wears a large black hat over a blue skullcap
Emperor Constantine Receives a Germanic King Royal Prussian Iron Foundry Gleiwitz cast iron
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Thomas Bentley 1730 1780 Liverpool merchant and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood in the manufacture and experiment of Ornamental wareBorn at Scropton Derbyshire Bentley was introduced to Josiah Wedgwood by Dr Matthew Turner when Josiah was bedridden in Liverpool in 1762 They seem to have been on terns of friendship from the first Bentley was at this time in partnership with Samuel Boardman of Liverpool a general merchant and the firm became Wedgwoods agentBentley agreed to become Wedgwoods partner in 1767 for the manufacture of ornamental wares the partnership deeds being signed in 1769 a few weeks after the opening of the Etruria factory Bentley settled in London to take charge of the showrooms and decorating studio there and as a man of widely ranging interests he was able to meet and influence fashionable society to a point where the showrooms became a social centre Bentley always found difficulty in dealing with subordinates and staffing troubles were commonBentley was however essential to the design production and sale of the ornamental wares and Wedgwood constantly consulted him and referred to him for approval In 1772 Bentley married his second wife Mary Stamford of Derby He lived at Chelsea from 1769 to 1774 He then removed to the Greek Street showrooms and from there in 1777 to Turnham Green where he remained till his death in 1780No one ever replaced him as a friend and colleague A very large number of Wedgwoods surviving letters are addressed to Bentley on business and family problems but hardly any of Bentleys own letters have survived so his opinions on the subjects discussed have to be deduced from what Wedgwood has to stay
Small oval medallion of solid blue jasper with white bas relief of Bellerophon watering Pegasus below Parnassus Pegasus the winged horse led by Bellerophon bows his head in drink before attacking the three headed monster Chimaera set in a simple silver mount with horizontal pin on reverse