Vase

Painted by Émile Aubert Lessore, Wedgwood

About 1865

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Self-framed oval plaque of black basalt molded in relief illustrating the attack on Niobe, a mortal of royal blood and mother of seven sons and seven daughters, and her children, on the lower left a group of young women cringe and cover themselves as they attempt to flee Artemis and Apollo on clouds above attacking them with bows and arrows at the direction of their mother, the demi-goddess Leto, while an older woman, Niobe, with a small child on her lap rests on a rocky surface, as one of the young women tries to help her up, on the right male riders fall to the rocks from their horses in fatal agony.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of a Zephyr with polished edges
Light blue and white jasper portrait medallion depicting the potter John Philip Elers (1664-1738) slightly right with his head turned to the left, wearing a wig and neck scarf.
Solid light blue jasper inkstand with white jasper relief decoration, oval in shape with a band of acanthus leaves running around the body and a scalloped gallery around the top, the top with two containers, one with a facsimile cover, and a central candleholder in the form of a classical style "ruined" column.