Cup

Wedgwood

1875-1900

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Obverse: Bust in profile right. Reverse: Two allegorical figures on both sides of a small column with tablets of the law.
Bust in profile left in civilian dress with medal, in decorative, cast-iron frame.
Bust in profile right in civilan uniform with crossed hammer and gad on epaulet.
Small hollow drum for a lamp or candelabrum of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, round and with a hole at each end, the body with a band of oak leaves at the bottom and a band of intersecting circles at the top, the central body with four small relief scenes including, Cupid as Oracle; Endymion on Latmos; Hebe giving sustenance to the Eagle; and Coriolanus (Coriolanus with his wife and mother who entreat him to return to Rome), between a series of dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.