Portrait Medallion of Arthur, Duke of Wellington

Wedgwood

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Bust in profile right in uniform.
Cast-iron statuette of King Friedrich II of Prussia (1712-86), standing with his right leg casually bent, his left hand on his hip and his right hand holding a walking cane, wearing civilian dress with the Order of the Black Eagle on his left breast, the statuette on a small square, stepped pedestal.
Small statuette of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe standing in full figure on small, flat, square base, wearing trousers and long, buttoned frock coat, open at the neck and with scarf, his left hand on his hip, his right hand holding a book.
Covered tripod vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration on truncated base with leaf motifs and beading all around and a floral medallion in the center, the ovoid-shaped vase rests on three columnar legs decorated with acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs and with lion's head masks with rings in their mouths at the top, the lower body of the vase with acanthus leaves, the waist with a repeating pattern of ovals and dashes, and the upper body with bellflowers below an overlapping lip decorated with a band of beading, the conforming cover with acanthus leaves and flat finial.