A Sacrifice to Hygeia

Wedgwood

About 1785

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Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief of Sacrifice to Hymen, set in beaded gold mount as a brooch
Jelly mold and cover of creamware covered with a pearl glaze, the mold in a triangular prism shape on a flat base with truncated corners and raised edge to contain the cover, hand-painted in Wedgwood's Japan pattern, the conforming cover also in a triangular prism shape with truncated corners, left undecorated.
Bust in profile right in uniform with the sash and Order of the Black Eagle.
Square plaque of solid white jasper with partial black jasper inlay and applied white jasper relief decoration, self-framed in white with a smaller black square in the center, featuring the applied white jasper scene of two cupids with a lion, the cupid in front carrying a dish and holding the lion on a chain, the cupid behind reaching out to a bird in flight, with a tree in the background.