Covered Urn

Wedgwood

About 1930

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Solid white jasper covered vase with light green jasper dip and applied white and lilac jasper relief decoration, resting on a small square plinth decorated with anthemion motifs, the vase foot with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves around the edge, the lower body with applied white stiff leaf motifs, the main body with a heavy floral swag on either side with a lilac and white medallion above that features on one side the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche and on the other the Sacrifice to Hymen, with a band of ribbon and vine below the flat shoulder, with two ram's head masks, one on either side, whose horns curve around to form the handle, the short neck with a white band around the middle and crossed ribbons around the lip, the cover with stiff leaf motifs and ball finial.
Oval medallion of white jasper with green jasper dip and white relief decoration of a figure modified from the Dancing Hours series, also known as "Floral Girl" holding a grape leaf vine with bunches of grapes.
Bust in profile left. This may be modeled after a design for the Luther Monument in Wittenberg.
Oval black basalt intaglio with figure of Calliope