Vase

Norman Wilson, Wedgwood

1950-1960

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On a four-footed, square base with arched skirt and a border of palmette motifs, a stand in the form of a laurel wreath supported by a swan with outstretched wings and stylized floral elements, with three prongs on each side for jewelry.
Small match box of white jasper with dark blue dip and white relief decoration, the box square with open top and with an extended back panel with central hole used to hang the box on the wall, the box with central white jasper bas relief of Cupid as Oracle – the God of Love depicted as Oracle divining the future for a young maiden – and the back panel with white jasper bas relief of cupids and on either side a leafy stalk and above the hole a daisy.
Large, heavy ewer commonly known as "Sacred to Bacchus" resting on a square plinth with molded scrolling vines, the foot and lower body fluted and with bands of acanthus leaves around the foot and overlapping leaves around the middle of the body, with a smaller band of beading on the stem, the main body with garlands of leafy grape vines and bunches of grapes, on the should of the ewer sits a faun with his head bowed, he holds the horns of a ram in his hands as reins, his arms encompass the neck of the ewer, with a crossed double handle behind him.
Omphale with the Lion Skin and Club of Hercules, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron