Commemorative Jug

Wedgwood

  • Titles Commemorative Jug (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions 5 1/8 x 7 x 4 7/8 in. (13 x 17.8 x 12.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.3018.2008
  • Work Type jug
  • Classification Containers

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Solid white jasper cup and saucer with green jasper dip and applied lilac and white relief decoration, cylindrical in shape and decorated with applied lilac medallions containing flying cupids, and white relief including heavy fruiting festoons terminating at ram's heads, ribbons, classical vignettes and trophies, with floral motifs around the lower body and below the lip a trail of scrolls with small leafy elements, with leaf-molded handle, the saucer similarly decorated.