The generosity of the Bunting family has made possible the acquisition of a spectacular marble and jasperware mantelpiece, designed in 1882 for Buckminster Park in Leicestershire, England.

Set with plaques and medallions made by Wedgwood, the mantelpiece was part of a larger interior design plan for the dining room of the house. In the color scheme of the room the architect used a particular green of his own mixing, which was copied by Wedgwood to create a new jasper color, used only for this particular commission. The mantelpiece is now on view in our eighteenth-century English art gallery adjacent to our Wedgwood gallery on the third floor.