Cupid and Hymen Spinning the Thread of Life, Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron

Cupid and Hymen Spinning the Thread of Life

Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg

Second quarter of the 19th century

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Urn-shaped covered vase (cover not original) of white stoneware resting on a small black basalt plinth, the body of the vase covered with an agate, or crystalline, glaze in shades of gray, browns and blues designed to resemble stone, the two ear-shaped handles left white and with traces of gilding, the handles terminate in masks of bearded tritons at the shoulder, the long neck with an extended lip.
Hylas Seized by the Water Nymphs, Modeled after a relief (1833) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron in wood frame
Bronze commemorative medal with relief profile portrait of John Flaxman on one side, and relief scene of Mercury supporting Pandora flying left on the other
Large bowl on smallish round foot, the body constructed of different thin slabs of clay which overlap to form the bowl creating an irregular, somewhat pointy but graceful body, glazed in various mottled shades of brown, tan, ocher, and gray green.