The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, Based on a model by Wedgwood

About 1800

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Small, delicate, finely modeled porcelain teapot in the form of on one side a dandy with bangs, long red hair, and a moustache, wearing a kind of pink artist's cap, his head tilted slightly right, his large collar bound with a loose pink tie over a smartly tailored green suit, with a large yellow sunflower on his left breast, his left arm bent and resting on his hip, forming the teapot's handle, his right arm slightly outstretched and bent at the elbow, with his right hand limp and pointed downward, forming the spout; on the other side, the teapot is in the form of a woman sporting a similar hairstyle, her hair also red, wearing a large white ruffled collar, a similar cap on her head, and a large white lily on her right breast over her fitted, green smocked gown, in opposition to her companion, it is her right arm that is bent to form the handle and her left arm is outstretched and bent at the elbow to form the spout; the head is removable, forming the cover, with a band of gilding around the foot.
Small tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) dish decorated in cobalt blue with the half-length portraits of King William III and his wife Queen Mary II, who together reigned over the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland beginning in 1689, both depicted in royal robes with crowns, inscribed with the initial W next to William's head and M between the couple, with R to the right of Mary's head, with three thin blue lines around the edge.
Female Figure with Amphora, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Set consists of a pair of vases and a potpourri jar with cover