Radish Dish

Caughley Porcelain Manufactory

18th century

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Mug with a cylindrical form thta flares at the form's bottom and tapers towards the base. The exterior features plain, dimensional bands most likely formed from the shaping process. These bands do not continue past the flared part of the mug and the bottom part past it is smooth. The cup's handle is a rounded square, placed at an angle to the cup. The cup's interior is also uniformly glazed.
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.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Catherine II (The Great), (1729-1796), was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, the country's longest-ruling female leader and arguably the most renowned (although Peter the Great was the only Tsar officially designated as "The Great"[citation needed]). She came to power following a coup d'état when her husband, Peter III, was assassinated. Russia was revitalised under her reign, growing larger as well as stronger in military terms and becoming recognised as one of the great powers of Europe.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior