Bowls

Wedgwood

  • Titles Bowls (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions each: 1 1/4 x 5 9/16 in. Diam. (3.2 x 14.1 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.569.2008.1-.3
  • Work Type bowls
  • Classification Containers

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Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) shown with the sash and star of the Knight of the bath, was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. He was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics, which together resulted in a number of decisive naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded several times in combat, losing the sight in one eye in Corsica and most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He was shot and killed during his final victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Dragon lustre bowl with blue exterior and mother-of-pearl interior. The outside of the bowl is decorated with a golden, endless Greek key pattern along the upper rim. A golden pierced band pattern is at the bottom rim of the bowl. A solid golden trim is at the top and bottom rim. Two outstretched three-legged, four-clawed golden dragons with scales and a curled tail stretching across one half of the bowl, each. The dragons have outstretched tongues, bulging eyes, a mane and some spikes along their backs. The spikes, part of the face, and claws are highlighted with red glaze. The dragons have a cross on their upper jaw and a dragonfly hovers in front of them. There is a golden, cloud-like motif with red glaze dividing the two dragons. The upper rim of the inside of the bowl is decorated with a golden arabesque pattern. At the bottom is a fierce, four-legged, curled dragon with a mane. His right front leg is grasping a part of his tail. Different parts of the dragon’s body are highlighted with red, blue, orange, yellow and green glaze.
Black velvet with gold buttons down front, bottom banded with three rows of gold braid and edged with pleated black taffeta
Delicate arm bracelet of cast iron openwork filigree, the band in a pattern of attached circles that extend on either side to a link in the form of a heart made of two scrolling elements with six smaller scrolling elements inside, the large, four-part central link comprised of four main scrolling elements each with three or five smaller scrolling elements inside, the clasp a simple hook.