Plate with Two Figures

Lambeth

About 1680

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Large cast-iron ring, the ribbed band with split shoulder, the face with an oval portrait medallion with the bust of Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) in profile right.
Draped bust three-quarter front, the head turned to the left.
Profile of head of Seneca facing left
Large squat Marsden's Art Ware vase of glazed and slip-decorated earthenware, of baluster shape with rolled lip, the body interior and underside covered with a beige glaze, the main exterior body covered with a teal-blue glaze and decorated in a design of leafy branches in brown and beige slip and clusters of oranges in a light teal slip with beige dots indicating a typical orange-peel pattern, the neck with a wide brown band above narrow beige bands.