Tile

Wedgwood

1861

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Female Figure with Amphora, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Oval self-shanked black basalt intaglio with profile portrait of man's head, large chip to edge back of head
Vase of solid light blue jasper with white jasper relief decoration resting on a square white molded jasper plinth, the foot round and with applied acanthus relief decoration, with beading at the joint, the lower body with a band of stiff leaf motifs (one of which has sprung from the body during firing), the main body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series designed by Lady Elizabeth Templetown, with a thick band of overlapping laurel leaves on the shoulder and acanthus leaves on the neck, with a large band of beading at the lip (the cover missing, originally had two handles).
Small plate with shell edge highlighted in green, transfer-printed in black and enriched in translucent emerald green enamel with a variety of shells and seaweed, the largest shell identified as a Nassa snail.