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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9803847, member: 5833&quot;]The Wedgwood book I have is primarily a shape book, but it does attempt to put a name to the scenes, not always accurately.&nbsp; To be fair, Wedgwood had a way of lifting figures from engraved gems &amp; putting them together in scenes.&nbsp; A great many seem to be known simply as &#039;Sacrifice Scene&#039;.&nbsp; (One side of the teapot.)&nbsp; The scene that is on both the sugar &amp; the creamer is described as &#039;Figures with Cage&#039; (I suspect for a songbird).&nbsp; The other side of the teapot would look like an offering to Cupid if the goddess Diana were not also there, I guess as a fellow archer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know of no one-stop source for the imagery.&nbsp; If you have patience &amp; time, you could explore the Wedgwood collection, formerly the holdings of the Wedgwood Museum, held by the V&amp;A:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/wedgwood" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/wedgwood" rel="nofollow">https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/wedgwood</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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