Seal, or Signet

Wedgwood

About 1790

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Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four Dancing Hours figures on the left side, all on a thin ground, on the right a laurel leaf and berry wreath with fruits suspended on a ribbon in center.
Small tin-glazed earthenware tile with an opaque, bluish ground, transfer-printed in black with the scene of a couple in 18th century garb dancing in a landscape with a pyramid in the background, within a scrolled border.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Alexander the great (356-323 BC). Alexander was a Greek soldier, son of Philip of Macedon, born in Pella, and educated by Aristotle. At an early age he showed military talent of a high order, crossing the Hellespont in 334 to defeat a Persian army led by Darius. He consolidated this victory by occupying Palestine, marching thence to Egypt where he was hailed as a deliverer from Persian tyranny. He founded Alexandria in 331 B.C., and again defeated Darius in the same year. By 329 he had reached the river of Jaxartes, and in 328 subdued the whole of Sogdiana. In 326 he attempted the conquest of India, establishing Greek colonies in the Punjab, and bringing Greek influence to the art in the East, Returning to Babylon he began to plan for further conquests, but was taken ill after a banquet and died eleven days later. His body deposited in Alexandria in a soldiers coffin.
Oval brass medallion with relief of Cupid playing a lyre