Cupid with Butterfly

Wedgwood

About 1780

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View of Normal Hospital in Berlin.
Oval medallion of white jasper with green dip and white bas relief of the "Bourbonnais Shepherd" – a young man seated under a tree with a small sheep in his arms and a small dog looking on – mounted in a steel bracelet, the medallion held to the face with prongs, the surrounding border engraved with crosshatching and on either side a simple flower with leafy motifs, the band is attached to the face with hinges and is engraved with a stippled border and on either side a triangle with similar leafy motifs, with adjustable hook and chain clasp.
Oval black basalt intaglio with three-quarter portrait of man
Covered urn of solid white jasper with black jasper dip and applied white relief decoration, partially engine-turned, resting on square plinth decorated with white anthemion motifs, the round foot with acanthus leaves and star motifs and a band of beading, the lower half of the body with a black and white checkerboard pattern, the white squares with applied yellow jasper quatrefoil motifs, the upper body with the applied figures of the Dancing Hours below swags and ribbons, with two leaf-molded scroll handles, the shoulder with overlapping acanthus leaves, with stiff leaf motifs on the neck, with a band of beading and applied star motifs, the conforming cover with ball finial.