Compote “Allegory of Winter”

Wedgwood

1862 or 1888

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Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration depicting Sacrifice to Hymen, a series of eight cupid figures, seven of which have wings, below a floral garland supported by small oval paterae.
Rectangular black basalt intaglio with Cupid and earth(?) on scales, inscribed "L'AMOUR L'EMPORTE(?)" ("Love Prevails"?)
Bust in profile left in Prussian general's uniform.
Heavy thistle-shaped vase that tapers inward to a cylindrical base. The vase's exterior is smooth in texture and is green, varying in tone from gray-green to olive green and khaki. The exterior is flecked with brown specks. The exterior has impressed, horizontal lines around the vase's form, irregular in size but fairly consistent in placement along the vase. The vase's interior is glazed dark green and has thin, raised horizontal lines corresponding in placement to the exterior's horizontal lines.