The Corybantes Striking Their Bucklers to Prevent the Cries of the Infant Jupiter from Being Heard by Saturn

Wedgwood

About 1780

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
On a four-footed, square base with arched skirt and a border of palmette motifs, a stand in the form of a laurel wreath supported by a swan with outstretched wings and stylized floral elements, with three prongs on each side for jewelry.
Obverse: Emblems of agriculture and commerce with Brunswick's coat of arms. Reverse: A baby in the arms of an angel.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of First Earl Richard Howe (1726-1799) was a British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759.