Stand for a Compote

Wedgwood

About 1815

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Heart-shaped covered box of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, on the cover the relief scene of Ulysses staying the Chariot of Victory within a rose border, on both the box and cover are small floral motifs.
Cast-iron buckle pierced at each end with rosettes, acanthus leaves and stars.
Papyrius and his Mother, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, After a model by Wedgwood, cast iron
So-called "Fairyland Lustre" octagonal bowl, outside painted from the Woodland Elves VI series in "Fiddler in Tree": massive tree trunks with branches bearing large green leaves form arches under which fairies play. A fiddler is perched on a branch above leapfrogging elves. Painted in gold, purple, green and pale yellow. Inside painted in "Ship and Mermaid": Mottled pillars supporting ogee arches with a rose-backed grille reveal a type of mediaeval French chateau on a rocky shore and a collection of objects: a galleon in full sail, the head of a crocodile, a mermaid and a dovecote on a small island with two bat-winged figures seated back to back.