Base or Plinth

Wedgwood

  • Titles Base or Plinth (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 5 x 10 in. Diam. (12.7 x 25.4 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.797.2012
  • Work Type base
  • Classification Containers

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Covered oviform footed vase of white stoneware covered with variegated green glaze in imitation of granite, with gilt "Sibyl" finial in the form of a draped, seated female figure, with right leg crossed over left and left hand resting on right knee, the vase mounted on small, square basalt base
Round blue jasper cameo with white relief scene, set in very heavy brass frame with ring
Madonna and Child, Carlshütte, bronzed cast iron