Portrait Medallion Of John Wesley (1703-1791)

Wedgwood

About 1860

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Vase of solid light blue jasper with white jasper relief decoration resting on a square white molded jasper plinth, the foot round and with applied acanthus relief decoration, with beading at the joint, the lower body with a band of stiff leaf motifs (one of which has sprung from the body during firing), the main body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series designed by Lady Elizabeth Templetown, with a thick band of overlapping laurel leaves on the shoulder and acanthus leaves on the neck, with a large band of beading at the lip (the cover missing, originally had two handles).
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.
So-called "Fairyland Lustre" octagonal bowl, outside painted from the Woodland Elves VI series in "Fiddler in Tree": massive tree trunks with branches bearing large green leaves form arches under which fairies play. A fiddler is perched on a branch above leapfrogging elves. Painted in gold, purple, green and pale yellow. Inside painted in "Ship and Mermaid": Mottled pillars supporting ogee arches with a rose-backed grille reveal a type of mediaeval French chateau on a rocky shore and a collection of objects: a galleon in full sail, the head of a crocodile, a mermaid and a dovecote on a small island with two bat-winged figures seated back to back.
Bust in profile right in chemise dress with ermine mantle. Charlotte was the eldest daughter of King Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Luise of Prussia, 1817 married Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich of Russia, taking the name Alexandra Feodorovna.