By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impressive Wedgwood flower holder is made of the firm’s highly prized blue jasperware with applied white jasper accents. The centerpiece, designed to display “boughs” or flowers, is presented in a stunning Neoclassical motif. The mythological figure of Psyche is depicted in pure white jasper resting gracefully against the pot’s base. Born as a mortal, Psyche's beauty was so great that she rivaled the Greek goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, and she was eventually brought to Olympus by Eros, becoming the goddess of the soul. Here, she is surrounded by delicate white blooms and floral garlands, displaying Wedgwood’s characteristic classical sensibility. Bough pots...
Category
18th Century English Antique Pottery Urns