Pair of Covered Vases

Wedgwood

20th century

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Oval lilac jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of George III (1738-1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. Modelled with slight alterations from a wax portrait by Isaac Gosset in about 1775.
Oval tray of light blue jasper with light blue jasper dip, with raised edge decorated in white relief in a pattern of overlapping acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs, the center well with an oval reserve framed by a band of intertwined ribbons, in the center a sunflower, the white relief with some shading.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior
Urn-shaped vase of solid white jasper with yellow jasper dip and applied black jasper relief decoration, on round foot decorated with acanthus leaves and lotus motifs which extend up to the lower body, the shoulder with a band of ribbon and stick and another of ivy leaves, the overhanging lip with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves.