portrait, King of Prussia, armor

Plate

Bristol, England

About 1756 - 1763

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Oval plaque of black basalt depicting Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion.
Small porcelain vase with bulbous body resting on small square foot, the long, thin neck tapers upward to a large, flared, irregularly round lip, the main body covered with a creamy, yellowish glaze with vein-like mottling in shades of green, the flat shoulder with a darker greenish glaze that lightens up the neck, the upper neck and lip the color of the main body.
Tall creamware flat-back figural group of abolitionist John Brown with two small African-American girls in white dresses on an oval base with the name JOHN BROWN on the front, the skin of the girls glazed dark brown, the hair black, Brown's beard glazed brown and his cheeks rosy, otherwise his suit is white with details picked out in bronze lustre, his shoes black.
Porcelain figure of a thrush with a white head and brown plumage perched on a low leafy tree stump amidst red berries, blue flowers, brown mushrooms, a puce caterpillar, a beetle and a bee.