Cupid’s Market

Wedgwood

About 1785

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Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four Dancing Hours figures on the left side, all on a thin ground, on the right a laurel leaf and berry wreath with fruits suspended on a ribbon in center.
Large bulbous potpourri vase of black basalt decorated overall with bright colored enamels in the Chinese style with chrysanthemums and other flowers, exotic foliage and a rocky ground, birds and a butterfly, with two small loop handles, the pierced cover with an acorn finial, edged in red.
Allegory of Hope running left with a sail.
Small porcelain snuff box with gilt metal mounts, cartouche-shaped and painted around the exterior sides with figures in a continuous landscape and on the top of the lid with scenes of men on horseback in landscapes, the lid with an additional gilt shell-and-scroll border, the underside painted with a scene of ladies and gentlemen by a fountain, the interior lid decorated with the scene of an amorous couple in a landscape with servant, with gilt metal mounts.