Cupid Sets Stone on Fire, Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron

Cupid Sets Stone on Fire

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

Second quarter of the 19th century

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Censer, or incense burner, of white stoneware covered with brown glaze under a clear pearl glaze, drum shaped with a series of vertical white stripes around the body and gilt floral garlands held by rams' heads with gilt paterae between, with flat perforated cover with a central opening in the form of a two-handled bowl, likewise with vertical white stripes.
Large standing salt of white tin-glazed earthenware, square in shape on four feet and with pierced sides, the square top with a shallow pool in center to hold salt.
Small, simple silver invalid feeder in teapot form with an extended, curved spout that ends in a pierced bulb, the upper and lower edges of the main body with a slender band of beading, the slightly domed cover with a bone and silver knop, the loop handle covered with wicker.
Small oval medallion of white jasperware with black jasper relief of an African slave wearing only a loin cloth, kneeling and in shackles, with his hands grasped together, around him the inscription AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER?