Farnese Hercules

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley

1778

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Small, slender, heavily engraved silver sugar tongs the arms straight and decorated with bright cut engraving in a repeating pattern of floral and leafy motifs, the pointed wells with cross hatching, with an oval reserve designed for a monogram (left empty) between cross hatching and leafy elements.
Cupid Riding a Lion, Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron
Horizontal oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief figure of a child sitting by a basket of fruit, set in brass frame with ring
Small snuff box of enameled copper with white ground and small scrolling elements in low relief, the sides and the lid decorated in reserves in pink camaieu with landscape scenes.