Vase

Wedgwood

About 1880

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Bust in profile left in Prussian general's uniform.
Small, slender, heavily engraved silver sugar tongs the arms straight and decorated with bright cut engraving in a repeating pattern of floral and leafy motifs, the pointed wells with cross hatching, with an oval reserve designed for a monogram (left empty) between cross hatching and leafy elements.
Cup and saucer of white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the cup with a series of cupids at play with dogs and birds and insects, one of the cupids plays a clarinet, the handle with molded acanthus leaf motifs and shell terminal, the lower part of the cup and the saucer engine turned with lilac and white stripes, the saucer with applied overlapping acanthus and stiff leaf motifs around the edge, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished.
Bust in profile left in uniform with the Order of the Black Eagle.