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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1087369, member: 5833&quot;]Wedgwood used a mix of figures &amp; scenes, some copied directly from engraved gems &amp; other original compositions in neoclassical style.&nbsp; They also mixed &amp; matched elements, combining things that were not originally together.&nbsp; Initially he was on good terms with James Tassie, who made &amp; sold impressions of engraved gems, both &#039;antique&#039; (what we would call antiquities) &amp; others, right up to ones made by his contemporaries, which were typically copies from the antique or new compositions in neoclassical style.&nbsp; Their rivalry became pretty intense, Wedgwood stopped buying directly from Tassie, although there can be no doubt his modelers were highly influenced by the ubiquitous Tassie impressions.&nbsp; I also have no doubt this scene is not a copy of anything made in classical times.&nbsp; Agree my notion of a mold was off base, but your piece is the Wedgwood design in a different medium.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]210363[/ATTACH]</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/c_relief1-jpg.210324/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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