Sentimental, old fashioned "love" must have been in the air as Wedgwood was putting these...
Sentimental, old fashioned "love" must have been in the air as Wedgwood was putting these elaborately shaped crimson jasper dip boxes into production--clearly intended for a lady's dressing table. The contoured profile and domed lid would seem to have run counter to the taste for more simple forms of the early twentieth century.
The sentimental quality carries into the choice of relief groups; three of the five feature cupid and companions.