Oval medallion of black basalt with bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Galba (3 BC-69 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name GALBA impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.

Portrait Medallion of Galba

Wedgwood

1780-1785

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Oval white jasper cameo with relief scene of three women
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Vase of reddish-brown stoneware, the chunky body resting on three square feet, the neck short, the lip slightly flared, with three rings extending from lip to shoulder, the body with molded decoration in relief with on one side the image of a man, or warrior, on his knees, his knife drawn and raised in his right hand, his left arm outstretched, on the other a pouncing lion in a landscape, perhaps referring to the story of Hercules and the Nemean lion, the vase is covered with a thick, opaque, turquoise glaze with darker blue streaks over a white glaze, the foot mostly white.
Half figure seated right, the head front.