Snuff Box

Julien Alaterre

About 1768

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Amalthea and the Infant Zeus, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Small oval medallion of white and dark blue jasper laminated and lapidary polished with white bas relief of a seated classical woman with attendant, in simple brass mount with vertical pin closure on the back.
Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in slate blue-gray 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 white jasper used for the relief decoration has been given a blue tint prior to being pressed into the molds.
Salad spoon with handle of dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a pattern of acanthus leaves and small floral motifs, with a small floral motif at the tip, the stem and bowl of silver plate.