Venus de Medici, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, After a model from Wedgwood, Based on a design by Rev. Mr. Joseph Spence, cast iron

Venus de Medici

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, After a model from Wedgwood, Based on a design by Rev. Mr. Joseph Spence

About 1800

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior
Soft-paste porcelain iris flower on a brown mound base, decorated in shades of blue, purple and yellow with green leaves.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief figure of Minerva goddess of war, with gilded border
Oval blue jasper plaque with white relief of Euterpe, broken in several pieces. The modelling of Euterpe is attributed to John Flaxman Jr in around 1778. Wedgwood owned some muses figures which were created by Bouchardon from 1770. However it was not until 1777 that he decided to produce them so he requested Bentley to commission Flaxman to produce some more to complete the set.