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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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Small, tubular lamp column of solid light blue jasper with white relief decoration, at top and bottom a band of oak leaves and acorns, on one side the figure of a woman holding a bird aloft in her left hand and a wreath in her right, adapted from the tablet "Sacrifice to Cupid," and on the other side the figure of a woman holding a small incense burner on a string, adapted from the tablet "Sacrifice to Cupid" and "Sacrifice to Ceres."
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Aratus
Tall vase of red earthenware, the body cylindrical and covered with a thick, opaque whitish glaze, the body of the vase with a series of striations encircling the body at regular intervals, with long streaks of a darker, bluish glaze down the side, the shoulder is wide and the neck short and squat, the edges of the neck and shoulder as well as the foot rubbed glaze free allowing the red clay to show through.