Ashtray

Wedgwood

  • Titles Ashtray (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (1.3 x 13.3 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.1024.2008
  • Work Type ashtray
  • Classification Containers

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Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with male profile portrait on one side and female on the other
Plain creamware teapot of globular form, the upper edge scalloped and molded with a shell edge design, the curved spout terminates with a shell motif, with intertwined, double strap loop handle and conforming cover with flower finial, the neck edge and finial with traces of gilding.
Bust in profile right.
On a round base with four feet in the form of cannons and decorated in relief with implements of war, the stem is comprised of a pyramid of cannon balls upon which rests a drum and a two-headed eagle with outstretched wings and wearing a shield on its breast with the image of St. George and the Dragon, the candle socket is in the form of a crown, the bobeche is a later addition.