Orestes and Pylades at the Temple of Diana

Wedgwood

About 1793

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Large, heavy beer pump handle of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with on one side the muse Urania, muse of astronomy, and on the other the muse Melpomene, muse of tragedy, between them are dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Obverse: King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and his troops under a canopy. Reverse: Laurel wreath.
Head in profile left in cast-iron frame.
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.