A Sacrifice

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

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Obverse: Pair of cherubs blowing bubbles. Reverse with inscription.
Figure of a youth holding a shield in his right hand and a torch in his left, with crossed hammer and gad and a cornucopia below.
Small, slightly irregular rectangular tablet with the bas relief image of Vulcan forging the armor for Achilles, in the center stands Vulcan swinging his hammer while another holds a shield on the anvil, in the background are two other figures swinging their hammers, at Vulcan's feet lies part of a suit of armor and on the left sits Venus in Achilles's chariot, classically draped, her body turned toward Vulcan and her left hand brought to her chin, at her feet stands a small, winged Cupid holding Achilles's helmet aloft in his two hands, in the background is the fiery forge on the right and a landscape visible through the brick arches in the center and left; the surface has a slight bronze patina.
Head in profile left in decorative cast-iron frame.