Potpourri Vase or Bulb Pot

Wedgwood

About 1785-1795

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Oval black basalt intaglio with portrait of Homer on square plinth
Two Winged Cupids, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Rectangular basalt plaque of Venus at the forge of Vulcan. The plaque depicts Venus and Cupid visiting the forge to ask Vulcan to make arms for her son Aeneas. The relief shows Venus and Cupid waiting by a chariot as Vulcan and three other men hammer and forge a shield. With a chessplate in the foreground and a fire to the far right with arches and towers as a background.
Iron worker with tools and products of the Neusalz foundry.