Rulers of England – Edward V

Wedgwood

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A two-handled vase, Keith Murray shape 4225, in two-tone slipware. Celadon green slip on body with cream handles and foot. The handles are upturned and looped, and placed at the lower body near the foot. The body flares at the mouth and tapers toward the foot.
Small tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) dish decorated in cobalt blue with the half-length portraits of King William III and his wife Queen Mary II, who together reigned over the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland beginning in 1689, both depicted in royal robes with crowns, inscribed with the initial W next to William's head and M between the couple, with R to the right of Mary's head, with three thin blue lines around the edge.
Bust in profile right in Russian general's uniform with medals. This portrait was made in Paris during the spring of 1814, shortly before Posch returned to Berlin.
Large rectangular tablet of white jasper with olive green jasper dip and molded and applied relief decoration of white jasper, the scene a "Sacrifice to Love" in which a small winged Cupid stands atop a pedestal draped with garlands beneath a temple while a procession of figures leads a sacrificial bull to him, to the right of the processional stands a small piper in front of a tree, a man kneels to reach a basket of flowers while behind him an altar burns, to the far right stands the figure of a draped female holding a bird aloft on her finger while a small Putti holding a floral wreath looks on.