The Young Hercules

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley

1778

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Knife handle of solid light blue jasper with white relief decoration in the form of acanthus leaves extending upward from the shank.
Oval medallion of enameled creamware with the portrait of the Roman Emperor Domitian with laurel leaf crown to left and the name "Domitian" below the truncation, the portrait is cream while the ground is a light blue with a border of Etruscan red and black, the reverse likewise enameled light blue.
Chatelaine comprised of a hook from which extend three chains – the outer two are made of small faceted cut-steel beads and the center one of larger faceted cut-steel balls, from these hangs an oval two-sided, dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of on one side Aurora – Aurora in a horse-drawn chariot – and on the other a seated woman with her head bowed under a tree before a column, in a simple cut-steel mount to which are attached two large tassels, below this a similar chain and a second two-sided medallion of dark blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of on one side a seated woman with a bow and on the other a classical female figure, in a like cut-steel mount, from this medallion are attached five chains, the two outer are comprised of small, faceted cut-steel beads and end in tassels, the two inner are made of a larger, faceted cut-steel ball and both end in hooks, from one hook hangs a polished basalt seal, or signet, of a classical couple with joined hands, the center chain is comprised of small faceted cut-steel beads and a hook from which hangs a large, ornate two-sided oval pendant of solid light blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of on one side a seated warrior and on the other an intaglio of a classical scene, on a cut-steel swivel mount.
Round dark blue jasper medallion with white relief of Cupid shaving his bow, broken and poorly repaired