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Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

1783 - 1795

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Obverse: Bust in profile left. Reverse: A smoking urn on pedestal with symbols of art, science, commerce, and war below a wreath of stars with eagle.
Bust.
Pair of vases of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration, each on round foot decorated with overlapping acanthus leaves, the tapered body with a pattern of four fluted columns ending in lion's feet, with lion's head's with rings in their mouths at the top of each column, with a band of twisted ribbon around the lower body and a band of ribbon and oak leaves at the top, the main body with floral and fruit festoons between the columns as well as small oval medallions with classical vignettes, including a flying cupid, a detail from Sacrifice to Hymen, Venus bound by Cupid, and a classical figure, the flared lip with the same overlapping acanthus leaf motif as around the foot.
Allegory of Art and the Light Bringing Genius, Modeled by Georg Conrad Weitbrecht, Wasseralfingen, cast iron