Venus and Cupid

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

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Covered urn of solid white jasperware with slightly irregular light blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, of calyx krater shape, resting on a square plinth decorated with anthemion motifs around the sides, the round foot with applied white egg and dart motifs and fluting, with egg and dart motifs on the protruding stem, the lower body with gadrooning and two stout, molded handles, the main body with applied white jasper figures of the Muses, with an overhanging lip decorated with egg and dart motifs and a band of laurel leaves and berries, under the overhanging lip is a band of grape vines, the conforming cover with acanthus leaf and lotus motifs and teardrop finial.
Small octagonal brooch comprised of a dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of "Cupid as Oracle" – Cupid as Oracle divining the future for a young maiden – in a cut-steel mount with faceted steel beads set in circles with an outer band of smaller faceted steel beads, with pin on back.
Three-part pie dish of buff-colored caneware, oval in shape and with a liner with rouletted edge to resemble a pastry crust and a molded cover with decorative lattice elements and acanthus leaves, with an oval finial in the form of a small pastry dish with crust edge, the interior of the dish is glazed.
Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with Minerva on one side and Hope with anchor on the other