Theseus Raising a Stone

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

About 1774

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Small bulbous vase in Keith Murray shape number 3765 of creamware covered with a matt yellow, or straw, glaze, with foot and a series of molded rings around the body, the neck slightly extended.
Large footed jug of earthenware covered with bright majolica glazes, the main body bulbous and covered with a thick, opaque white glaze, with an upward reaching, elongated spout, the sides molded to look like the outstretched wings of a swan, the handle in the form of a long, curving swan neck, the swan head with small eyes and slightly open black beak forms the terminal, the lower body, around the foot and lip of the jug with molded decoration in the form of water grasses in various shades of green and yellow.
Knife of solid agateware, the handle of pistol shape and marbleized in shades of brown, blue and beige, with steel scimitar-shaped knife blade.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, with white laurel leaf border made to commemorate her coronation in 1953