Beaker or Cup

Wedgwood

  • Titles Beaker or Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium handpainted creamware
  • Dimensions 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 3 in. (10.8 x 10.8 x 7.6 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.846.2008
  • Work Type beaker or cup
  • Classification Containers

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Covered tripod vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration on truncated base with leaf motifs and beading all around and a floral medallion in the center, the ovoid-shaped vase rests on three columnar legs decorated with acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs and with lion's head masks with rings in their mouths at the top, the lower body of the vase with acanthus leaves, the waist with a repeating pattern of ovals and dashes, and the upper body with bellflowers below an overlapping lip decorated with a band of beading, the conforming cover with acanthus leaves and flat finial.
Delicate covered tureen of white soft-paste porcelain, the body resting on four scrolled feet and with two scrolled handles, with molded decoration in the 'damask'd' pattern with on each side a vertical reserve decorated with painted floral bouquets in shades of pink, purple, yellow and green enamel, the domed cover similarly decorated with molded decoration and floral bouquets, and surmounted by the modeled figure of a recumbent stag painted brown and black resting on a rocky base that is highlighted with floral springs and leaves