Cupid Ties the Shoe

Large Silver Brooch with Antique Jasperware Plaque, c. 1900 / c. 1975

€ 289.00 ^*

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Large Silver Brooch with Antique Jasperware Plaque, c. 1900 / c. 1975

Description

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A young lady in an elegant early 19th-century dress is seated on a bench. She has taken off her straw hat. At her feet kneels a winged boy — it is Cupid, the messenger of love. He is in the act of tying the young lady’s shoe. The gallant service of the god of love is depicted in a finely detailed relief. Cupid and the young lady stand out in white against a sage green background. It is a delight to observe how many intricate details can be discovered in this small scene: for instance, we can recognize Cupid by his quiver of arrows, the tips of which peek out behind his back! The material used for the relief is known as Jasperware. As early as the 18th century, Josiah Wedgwood developed this technique in Etruria, Staffordshire — a type of biscuit stoneware made of two layers of differently colored ceramics, from which vases, plaques, and other objects were crafted. Decorations with classical motifs were among his greatest successes and marked the beginning of Neoclassicism in British ceramics. Soon, other manufactories followed, some of which continue to produce such plaques to this day. Since the plaque is unsigned, it cannot be definitively attributed to a particular workshop. However, we believe it was made in England around 1900. It may originally have been the lid of a box. The silver mounting was added later and reflects the design language of the 1970s.

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Cupid Ties the Shoe

€ 289.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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