Wall Plaque (King)

Designed by Peter Wall, Wedgwood

1962

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Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of a Zepyhr with polished edges
One of a set of four large figures of soft-paste porcelain representing the "Four Quarters of the Globe," each depicted as a chubby child dressed in a costume deemed appropriate to his or her region and associated with symbols of the different continents. Europe: the figure of a female child wearing a white tunic decorated with flowers and cinched together with a yellow ribbon, over her shoulders she wears draped a yellow and red cloak, at her feet are symbols of the arts, sciences, and religion such as paintbrushes and a painter's palette, sheet music, books, and a bishop's miter scattered amongst flowers, in her right had she holds an orb, her left hand raised and outstretched, on her head a crown.
Solid light blue jasper bulb pot with applied white jasper relief decoration, the round foot decorated with acanthus leaves with beading at the joint, the lower body with stiff leaf motifs against a stippled ground, and a band of small reliefs including trophies, musical instruments, masks and acanthus leaves around the waist, the main body with the scene of Apollo and the Nine Muses in a landscape likewise against a stippled ground, the protruding lip with gadrooning, the inset cover fitment of solid light blue jasper with a darker blue jasper dip with a molded mossy ground with flowers and three large holes to support three inserts to hold bulbs, each in the form of a leafy stem.
Wood walking cane with green jasper handle with white relief decoration