Bulb Pot

Wedgwood

  • Titles Bulb Pot (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium caneware with enamel
  • Dimensions 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 in. (12.1 x 19.1 x 10.2 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.991.2008
  • Work Type pot
  • Classification Containers

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Pink oval box with painting of a castle on top.
Large, heavy cast-iron covered tureen resting on an oval foot with short, beaded stem, the oval tureen in squat urn form with raised foliage on the bottom and a band of stylized floral motifs around the midsection, with a handle on either side in the form of two connected sea creatures with open mouths and split, scrolling tails, the domed cover with a band of acanthus leaves and pinecone knob.
In the shape of a rosette.
Large, slightly irregularly shaped, round bowl of reddish earthenware covered with a gray-beige glaze that is unevenly applied and contains numerous glaze flaws, the upper outer and inner rims with a band of blue glaze that flows slightly creating a feather-like edge and is partially covered by a white glaze that drips downward, the edge of the rim and foot left glaze free , the body contains on one side a decorative motif consisting of a triangle with five bluish dots surrounded by white bits of glaze.