Child’s Mug

Wedgwood

1982

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Elaborate Louis XVI-style center table veneered in lemon tree wood and rosewood, with reeded, tapering legs, ornamented with light blue jasper plaques with white relief depicting cupids at play and mercury-gilded bronze mounts, with interlaced stretchers with center urn topped with berry finial, and tooled leather surface
Bulb pot of solid white jasper with a deep blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, of Greek cantharos shape, the body of inverted bell shape with two elongated ear handles with loops in the middle and mounted on a square plinth, on each side of the plinth scrolling foliate motifs with a larger leafy element in the center, the lower body with a repeating drop leaf pattern and the upper body divided into sections each with a small classical scene, including Coriolanus; the Three Graces; Beleraphon watering Pegasus; Nike and Warrior; Procession; and the Archers, the interior is glazed and with a flat round insert cover with holes to accommodate flower stems.
Head in profile left.
Cast-iron buckle pierced at each end with rosettes, acanthus leaves and stars.