Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, also known as Venus and Cupid, Attributed to Neale & Co, Circa 1790

Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, also known as Venus and Cupid.

Attributed to Neale & Co.

Circa 1790.

The large pearlware early English pearlware figure of Venus or Aphrodite rests her left hand on a dolphin and her right hand holding the open part of her gown to cover Cupid, who rests next to his bow and quiver of arrows. They stand on a raised, grassy mound above a tall square base decorated with urns and hanging swags.

Dimensions: 10 3/4 inches high x 2 5/16 inches x 2 5/16 inches.

Reference: Staffordshire Figures, 1780-1840, Myrna Schkolne, Volume 4, Page 189, Figure 195.2 for the same base.

APHRODITE was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. She was depicted as a beautiful woman often accompanied by the winged godling Eros (Love). Her attributes included a dove, apple, scallop shell and mirror. In classical sculpture and fresco she was usually depicted nude. (http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html)

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