Portland Vase copy

Wedgwood

About 1880

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Bust in profile left.
Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief of sacrificial figure, set in cut steel mount, metal components possibly by Matthew Boulton. the cut steel shows multi facets designed to imitate gemstones
Obverse: General Napoleon on horseback crossing the Alps at the St. Bernhard Pass on May 14, 1800, prior to the battle of Marengo.
Madonna della Sedia (Madonna of the Chair), Modeled by Leonhard Posch, Royal Prussian Iron Foundries, After the original tondo (1813/14) by Raphael, cast iron