Oval blue jasper plaque with white relief scene of Sacrifice to Hymen. To the left of the altar are winged boys holding a trumpet and a torch, and to the right are two others leading a goat and carrying an olive-branch. this was modelled from an engraving by Bartolozzi c.1778

Sacrifice to Hymen

Wedgwood

About 1775

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