Creamer

Wedgwood

About 1805

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Rectangular basalt plaque of Venus at the forge of Vulcan. The plaque depicts Venus and Cupid visiting the forge to ask Vulcan to make arms for her son Aeneas. The relief shows Venus and Cupid waiting by a chariot as Vulcan and three other men hammer and forge a shield. With a chessplate in the foreground and a fire to the far right with arches and towers as a background.
Custard cup of "tear" or "comma" shape of solid dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a lattice pattern.
Pendant comprised of an oval, solid dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of King George III in profile right with laurel leaf crown, set into a textured gold frame and mounted in silver adorned with a band of jargoons, or faux stones, which hangs from a decorative element in the shape of a large bow set with smaller jargoons and with a larger stone in the center of the bow, with an eye behind for a chain.
Bust in profile left with diadem and shawl over the head.