Pipe Rack

Wedgwood

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Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in solid black jasper with white jasper relief decoration, the two-handled vase in the shape of an amphora, one side shows on the left the image of a nude male emerging from an architectural structure and grasping the arm of a recumbent, draped female figure holding a sea serpent, above her is a flying cupid holding his bow and arrows, to the right is a tree and a nude male figure resting his right leg on the stump, his chin in his right hand, which is resting on his knee; on the other side left is a draped male figure seated on a rocky structure next to a column, he looks over his shoulder to his left at a central figure, a draped, recumbent female, lying on the rocky base, looking slightly left and with her right arm reaching over her head, behind her and to the right is the figure of a draped seated male looking over his right shoulder at the central figure; underneath each handle is a bearded mask; the base with the image of a cloaked figure, head lowered, wearing a wrapped headdress, with right arm raised to face, in the background foliage; the relief is somewhat flat and not shaded or undercut.
Round dark blue jasper cameo with white relief scene of two classical figures, one seated in front of tree with the other behind
Small round plate of cast iron decorated with a stylized flower in the middle between scrolling vines within a concave rhombus, on each side a pointed oval reserve within which are the figures of Neptune with a trident, sea nymphs with sea creatures, and a sea god riding a dolphin, the outer rim decorated with a band of scrolling vines highlighted by four swans with outstretched wings; the plate is mounted on a foot that rests on a square plinth and is decorated with Gothic arches and tracery, the plate is supported by the wings of four swans who rest on top of the columnar foot, with traces of bronze patina and gilding.
Black basalt jug decorated with encaustic painting derived from the Greek "oenochoe" form with a band of red around the foot and detailing the handle, the body decorated with on one side the image of a classical figure holding a mirror aloft and on the other a classical figure in movement holding a wreath, both are making offerings and are derived from a scene of the god Castor in a temple, above the figures at the shoulder is a band of anthemion and tear drop motifs below a band of floral elements, midway on the neck is a band of beading and the lip of the jug is decorated with an egg and dart pattern, the curved, molded handle terminates in a molded mask, perhaps Castor's brother Pollux, wearing a swan headdress above a foliate sprig.