Vase

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

1769/80

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Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) Queen of France married in 1774 to Louis XVI. Portrait taken from an original medallion by Jean Baptiste Nini
Oval plaque of solid white jasper with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration with the scene of Cupid with the Infant Mercury, featuring on the left a chariot pulled by a pair of lions with the figure of the infant Mercury behind it and Cupid riding one of the lions, the chariot is filled with a large vase and staff, on the right is a second chariot pulled by a pair of griffins, this chariot is filled with a vase, an altar and a lyre.
Large well modelled rectangular basalt plaque depicing the 'Fall of Phaeton' by George Stubbs. R.A. featuring Phaeton the son of the sun god in his chariot pulled by four horses with Phaeton straining at the reigns to get them under control.
Round blue jasper medallion with white relief scene of Mercury holding the head of Aries with Lapidary polished edges