Three Graces

Wedgwood

About 1775

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Bust in profile right.
Jug of black basalt with encaustic painting, derived from the Greek "oenochoe" form, the foot and body above the shoulder and neck are engine turned, the main body with an image of Daedalus building his wings below a tear drop border that extends around the body below the shoulder, with red trim around the lip and stem and a band of beading around the upper neck.
Necklace link with scrolling foliage and two stylized palmettes.
Small oval medallion of solid light blue jasperware with white jasper bas relief of the god Mercury in a landscape striding right with his attributes the caduceus in his left hand and a goat or ram symbolizing fertility behind him, set in a brass mount with decorative elements on each side.