Minerva and Cupid

Wedgwood

About 1810

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Set of four small silver salts, each canoe-shaped and double bellied, with reeded edge and two delicately scrolled handles, resting on short stem and oval foot likewise with reeded edge, the interior covered with a light gilt wash, on one side of the main body an engraved crest that possibly includes the Prince of Wales feathers.
Miniature condiment spoon of solid dark blue jasper with a slightly irregularly shaped bowl and white relief decoration of an acanthus leaf on the handle.
Small, round porcelain bowl with tapered sides, with a whitish exterior and a bright yellow interior, the exterior body with a yellow and black lineal motif.
Small hollow pedestal for an unidentified object of white jasper with green and lilac jasper relief decoration (tricolor), the round foot with overlapping leaves of green jasper, the round columnar body with green floral swags held in place by lilac ram's heads, on top a thin square plinth in lilac jasper, with a hole to accommodate a screw.