Rulers of England – Richard III

Wedgwood

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Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in miniature in solid black jasper with molded relief decoration, the two-handled vase in the shape of an amphora, one side shows on the left the image of a nude male emerging from an architectural structure and grasping the arm of a recumbent, draped female figure holding a sea serpent, above her is a flying cupid holding his bow and arrows, to the right is a tree and a nude male figure resting his right leg on the stump, his chin in his right hand, which is resting on his knee; on the other side left is a draped male figure seated on a rocky structure next to a column, he looks over his shoulder to his left at a central figure, a draped, recumbent female, lying on the rocky base, looking slightly left and with her right arm reaching over her head, behind her and to the right is the figure of a draped seated male looking over his right shoulder at the central figure; underneath each handle is a bearded mask; the base with the image of a cloaked figure, head lowered, wearing a wrapped headdress, with right arm raised to face, in the background foliage.
Large, heavy beer pump handle of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with on one side the muse Urania, muse of astronomy, and on the other the muse Melpomene, muse of tragedy, between them are dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Tall vertical sculpture of green-glazed porcelain with a rough, undulating and bumpy surface with perforations throughout.
Pair of tall, footed covered urns in black basalt resting on small square plinths decorated with a repeating geometric pattern on each side, the foot and stems as well as the body above the shoulder and neck are engine turned, the lower body with acanthus leaves that extend upward and the main body with swags of leafy grape vines and bunches of grapes, each has two handles comprised of satyr masks, whose long horns curve up and around and attach to the lip of the urn, with fluted covers with ball finials (not identical).