Writing Stand

Wedgwood

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Oval medallion of black basalt with the bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Vitellius (15-69 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name VITELLIUS impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.
Bulb pot of solid white jasper with a deep blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, of Greek cantharos shape, the body of inverted bell shape with two elongated ear handles with loops in the middle and mounted on a square plinth, on each side of the plinth scrolling foliate motifs with a larger leafy element in the center, the lower body with a repeating drop leaf pattern and the upper body divided into sections each with a small classical scene, including Coriolanus; the Three Graces; Beleraphon watering Pegasus; Nike and Warrior; Procession; and the Archers, the interior is glazed and with a flat round insert cover with holes to accommodate flower stems.
Round blue jasper medallion with white relief of putto with garlands from the four seasons
Slave, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, After a model (1787) by Wedgwood, Original model attributed to William Hackwood, cast iron