Round blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Theophrastus facing left set in brass mount

Theophrastus

Wedgwood

Early 19th Century

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Porcelain figure of a lioness with a tan coat a grey nose chartreuse green eyes and an open mouth revealing an iron red tongue with a raised right forepaw a cub beneath her breast semi recumbent on a mound base applied with yellow florettes and green leaves mounted on a gilt bronze rococo scrollwork base
Obverse Bust front holding the Ninety Five Theses Reverse with inscription
Pair of white painted beechwood armchairs in the neoclassical style each with a rectangular padded back within a frame of carved lotus or leaf tip molding with beaded toprail which extends along the curved armrest to the padding below the padding the scrolled handhold is decorated with a carved overlapping lozenge pattern similar to coin molding which extends down to the front chair rail terminating in a stylized acanthus leaf the bowed front rail and side rails likewise decorated in the same lozenge pattern the legs in the shape of tapered fluted columns headed by patera the back is undecorated the celery green silk upholstery and cushion are modern
Procession to Sacrificial Altar Royal Prussian Iron Foundry Gleiwitz cast iron