Time with Scythe and Book (and a comet in the Field)

Wedgwood

About 1785

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Bowl, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior
Solid white jasper vase in the shape of the Portland Vase, with applied green jasper floral garlands all around the body alternating with applied lilac jasper ram's heads with hanging trophies.
Large Baroque garden vase of a deep, cobalt-blue (bleu persan), tin-glazed earthenware, of traditional vase shape with two heavy handles, each comprised of a molded, winged grotesque figure whose lower body terminates in outward flowing stylized foliage, the entire outer body of the vase highlighted with bluish-white overglaze enamel with a band of scrolling foliage under the lip and around the base and a band of lappets around the foot, each side of the body contains a central reserve painted with similar chinoiserie landscape scenes with two seated figures, exotic trees and foliage, and a group of temple-like structures, the reserves outlined by scrolling, stylized foliage; with three holes for drainage.
Venus and Adonis, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron