Teapot

Wedgwood

About 1760

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Draped bust three-quarter front, the head turned to the left.
Oval medallion with profile portrait of Charles V (1500-1558), was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1506. He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556. Through inheritance, he brought together under his rule extensive territories in western, central, and southern Europe, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia. As a result, his domains spanned nearly four million square kilometers and were the first to be described as "the empire on which the sun never sets"
Bow porcelain figure of a male figure, with a fabric draped around and grapes on wines as a wreath on his head. He holds a cup in one hand and grapes over the cup with the other hand. His elbow rest on a tall container of grapes. He stands on a painted rococo style scroll base, painted in burgundy and gold. His game of hunted rabbit hangs by his side.
Hercules Wrestling Antaeus, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron