Wonderful c. 1890 Very Rare John Jay (1st Supreme Court Justice) Figural Vesta with Striker Reese's brass stencils Pretty great just hung on

Pretty great just hung on the wall though

The front side features hand-drawn details on the face

I purchased these five vessels together and am listing them as a group as I think they are gorgeous together

From the website of Shrine Gallery

3 7/8" t x 1 5/8" in diameter

Wonderful c. 1890 Very Rare John Jay (1st Supreme Court Justice) Figural Vesta with Striker Reese's brass stencils Pretty great just hung onI don't use google image searches perhaps as much as I should (though most things I sell don't turn up very useful matches) but fortuitously I did a search on this one to learn that the wonderful head in question is the likeness of founding father John Jay (1745 1829), appointed by George Washington as the first justice of the Supreme Court making it feel especially timely! Based on the only one other I found out there anywhere (listed at $1500), i