Wren (Troglodytes parvulus) and Burnet Rose

Dorothy Doughty, Royal Worcester

1964

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Tall, hard-paste porcelain vase of campana shape, the upper body with white biscuit bas-relief figures against a glazed green ground, the figures include King Friedrich Augustus I of Saxony (1750-1827) dressed as a Roman emperor; he is flanked by the figures of Justice on his right, and Minerva on his left; on the opposite side of the vase is the figure of a Roman vestal, representing the state of Saxony, pouring oil on sacrificial flames on an altar inscribed with the dates of the king's reign; at her feet lies an overflowing cornucopia as well as war trophies and emblems of the seven liberal arts; the bulbous lower body heavily gilt with two handles and a series of applied acanthus leaves of white biscuit porcelain, the foot with central decorative element of green glazed porcelain with small, applied, white biscuit leaves, the lower splayed foot a series of channels
Large oval plaque of light blue jasper with blue jasper dip and in high white relief the figure of Diomedes, hero of the Trojan War, with cloak thrown over his shoulder and sword under his arm.
Round black basalt papal medallion with profile portrait of Clement XII facing right
Helmet Pitcher, China, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, Export ware