Oval Platter

Wedgwood, Erasmus Darwin

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Large oval plaque of light blue jasper with blue jasper dip and in high white relief the figure of Diomedes, hero of the Trojan War, with cloak thrown over his shoulder and sword under his arm.
Small black basalt footed urn resting on a small square plinth decorated on each side with a molded pattern of ovals, the foot and stem engine turned and with a band of overlapping leaves at the edge, the lower body of the urn with graceful acanthus leaves extending upward and on each side a garland of leafy grape vines and bunches of grapes, the two handles are formed of satyr masks, whose conjoined horns curve up and attach to the lip of the vase, above the shoulder and on the neck the decoration is likewise engine turned, the conforming cover is also engine turned and has a ball finial (possibly not original).
Vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration, the round foot with molded, bound reeds, the lower body with a ribbon and ivy scroll, with a band of acanthus leaves and one of laurel leaves at the shoulder, the narrower, elongated neck with acanthus leaves, a band of arabesque of scrolls and flowers, the upper neck with a pattern of acanthus leaves alternating with stiff leaf motifs, the flared edge with a band of acanthus leaves.
Hylas Seized by the Water Nymphs, Modeled after a relief (1833) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron in wood frame