Harpocrates

Wedgwood

About 1775

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Bust in profile left.
Creamware hot water kettle on stand, the kettle plain and bulbous with double rope, twisted bail handle that terminates on either side in floral heads, the base of the spout is supported by a female head, with flat cover with mushroom finial, the conforming stand of circular form and supported by three masked feet, the body of the stand is embellished with decorative piercing, with two rope twisted handles and three lugs which prevent the kettle from sliding.
Octagonal blue jasper cameo with white relief scene of Hercules and the boar
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.