Round portrait medallion of gray-blue jasper laminated between two dark blue jasper dip surfaces, with a gray-blue portrait bust of a man to left.

Portrait Medallion

Wedgwood ?

19th century

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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.
Dish, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
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Oval dark blue medallion with white relief scene, depicting the classical subject of a muse and a genius. The robed muse facing right playing a lyre that is mounted on a pedestal. A shield with profile portrait rests at the base, in front of a winged figure playing a trumpet.