Vase

David Puxley, Wedgwood

1964-1967

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Bust in profile right in Austrain general's uniform with sash and ermine mantle.
Sugar bowl with a bucket shape that flares out twice and then tapers in towards the base. The exterior is matte black with some slight impressed banding visible on the body. The lid is circulated with an exaggerated 'u' shape in its center.
Round, cast-iron medallion with the portrait bust of Apostle John the Evangelist three-quarter right with his head facing front, his left arm rests on a book and in his left hand he holds a scroll, behind him on his right is a cup with a viper in it, his emblem, in memory of the challenge to him by a high priest of Diana at Ephesus to drink a poisoned cup
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783) Known mostly for his advances in mathematics and his association with Denis Diderot in the creation of the famous Encylopedie, but his other works were numerous and influential.