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A Wedgwood stoneware urn and stand
the black basalt twin-handled oviform urn applied in white relief with the 'Apotheosis of Virgil' after an original design by John Flaxman Junior, the poet modelled standing while attended by victories, the handles modelled as snakes issuing from Medusa masks, the square-section stand with canted corners applied with griffins between stylised foliate and anthemion borders, impressed marks -- 20½in. (52cm. high), 19th century
the black basalt twin-handled oviform urn applied in white relief with the 'Apotheosis of Virgil' after an original design by John Flaxman Junior, the poet modelled standing while attended by victories, the handles modelled as snakes issuing from Medusa masks, the square-section stand with canted corners applied with griffins between stylised foliate and anthemion borders, impressed marks -- 20½in. (52cm. high), 19th century