Vase with Cover

Painted by Thomas Allen, Wedgwood

1880

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Rectangular blue jasper plaque with white relief scene of Cupids in the arts, break with old metal staple repair
Octagonal blue jasper intaglio or cypher, "A V"
Oval black basalt intaglio with image of Cupid shaping his bow, set in brass mount with ring to hang as pendant
Chatelaine of white jasperware with dark blue dip and white jasper bas relief set into cut steel mounts, with hook at top from which extends a long chain of interlocking links each punctuated in the middle with a small, faceted polished jasper bead, attached to the chain is a two-sided, octagonal jasper medallion with on one side in relief a detail from Achilles in his tent – Priam pleads with Achilles and on the other classical figures in an unidentified scene, from this medallion hang two two-link chains set with small faceted dark blue jasper beads with jasper knobs decorated with white bas relief stiff leaf motifs and cut-steel and jasper beaded tassels, between them hangs a short chain in the style of the long chain above and with two hooks, from these hang a key comprised of a cut-steel mount and dark blue and white jasper ball suspended in the middle, and a seal, or signet, of cut steel, likewise with a dark blue and white jasper ball suspended in the middle, the seal engraved with a bird on a heart and the inscription "L’Amour."