Cupid Inflaming the Mind

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

About 1774

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Solid light blue jasper urn with white terracotta stoneware plinth and applied white jasper relief decoration, the small square plinth with molded oval motifs, the round foot with molded acanthus leaf decoration, the lower body with stylized leaf motifs and the main body with a procession of winged cupids (Procession of Little Boys) holding laurel leaf garlands between them with birds at their feet against a stippled ground, a double band of molded beading and guilloche below the shoulder, the shoulder and neck with molded fluting and a band of white jasper beads, with two scrolled handles with oval medallions with sunflowers and beading as terminals, the cover is a facsimile.
Oval blue jasper Nicolo intaglio with black figures of two warriors and a horse
Oval green jasper plaque with white relief of classical female figure carrying a basket of fruit
Oval white jasper medallion with green relief of Melpomene was one of the nine muses originally the goddess of music, song and dance before being named the muse of tragedy potrayed holding a tragic mask or sword often wearing a wreath of Ivy and wearing cothurnus boots.