Plaque “Bacchus and the Panther”

Possibly modeled by William Hackwood, Wedgwood

1775-1800

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Johann Heinrich Kureck was an animal sculptor at Mägdesprung after 1843. This model was also cast at Kasli Iron Works in Ekaterinenburg about 1870 and at Mägdesprung with the horse enclosed in a small pen.
Cast-iron plaque with a view of the new casting hall built in the neo-Gothic style at the Royal Hanover Iron Foundry at Königshütte, in self-cast and gilt frame with grape leaves and grapes.
Oval tri-color jasper (lilac, dark blue, and white) cameo with white relief scene depicting Venus disarming Cupid
Shallow oval dish of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, around the inner edge a border of leafy flowers on a vine, in the center well is a central decorative element comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs and on either side is a small relief scene, on one side "Sportive Love" and the other a seated woman with her hand to her face as an attendant cleans her feet with a jug of water, below a drapery.