Amore e Leone

Wedgwood

About 1775-1800

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Classical Battle Scene, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Small Roman-style oil lamp of black basalt decorated on the sides and top with sprays of pink, blue and yellow flowers and green leaves, with scrolled handle, edged in red.
Dance of a Satyr and a Nymph, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Small round scent flask of solid light blue jasperware with applied white jasper relief, on one side in the center the portrait bust of Catherine the Great of Russia as Minerva facing right, on the other in the center the portrait bust of William V, Prince of Orange (1748-1806) facing left, surrounding both portraits is a border of floral garlands, or festoons, interspersed with small patera, the edge decorated with a band of overlapping laurel leaves, the neck shrouded by an applied white veil, with simple silver stopper.