Veilleuse Stand and Pot

Wedgwood

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Large, plain, two-tiered jelly mold of creamware with a pearl glaze, in a pattern of zigzags on the diagonal on both the lower and upper tiers.
Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with Minerva on one side and Hope with anchor on the other
Silhouette bust front, based on the statue of Luther at Worms (completed 1868) by Ernst Rietschel.
Small, slightly irregular rectangular tablet with the bas relief image of Vulcan forging the armor for Achilles, in the center stands Vulcan swinging his hammer while another holds a shield on the anvil, in the background are two other figures swinging their hammers, at Vulcan's feet lies part of a suit of armor and on the left sits Venus in Achilles's chariot, classically draped, her body turned toward Vulcan and her left hand brought to her chin, at her feet stands a small, winged Cupid holding Achilles's helmet aloft in his two hands, in the background is the fiery forge on the right and a landscape visible through the brick arches in the center and left; the surface has a slight bronze patina.