Teapot

Staffordshire

1740-50

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Modeled after a fire mark issued by the United Fireman's Insurance Company of Philadelphia in 1860 (reproduction).
Large rectangular tablet of white jasper with olive green jasper dip and molded and applied relief decoration of white jasper, the scene a "Sacrifice to Love" in which a small winged Cupid stands atop a pedestal draped with garlands beneath a temple while a procession of figures leads a sacrificial bull to him, to the right of the processional stands a small piper in front of a tree, a man kneels to reach a basket of flowers while behind him an altar burns, to the far right stands the figure of a draped female holding a bird aloft on her finger while a small Putti holding a floral wreath looks on.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Bust in profile left with drapery.