Cupid and Psyche

Wedgwood, After a design by Etienne-Maurice Falconet

1860/88

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Obverse: Bust in profile left. Reverse: The Luther Monument in Wittenberg.
Self-framed oval plaque of black basalt molded in relief illustrating the marriage feast of Perseus and Andromeda at the moment it is violently interrupted by Phineas, to whom Andromeda was formerly betrothed; outnumbered by Phineas and his followers, Perseus is seen in the foreground holding the severed head of Medusa, who he had recently slain, above a pile of bodies, to the left is a banquet table below a drawn curtain, in the background is an architectural structure and the arrival of more of Phineas's followers.
Elaborate Louis XVI-style center table veneered in lemon tree wood and rosewood, with reeded, tapering legs, ornamented with light blue jasper plaques with white relief depicting cupids at play and mercury-gilded bronze mounts, with interlaced stretchers with center urn topped with berry finial, and tooled leather surface
Bowl, David Puxley, Wedgwood, black basalt with glazed interior