Candlestick

Wedgwood

  • Titles Candlestick (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 9 3/4 x 5 x 5 3/8 in. (24.8 x 12.7 x 13.7 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.2952.2008
  • Work Type candlestick
  • 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.
Small creamware jelly mold with scalloped rim and on a thick round foot, the interior formed in a shell motif.
Footed bowl, with black and aventurine glaze outside, aventurine inside
Large white jasper wine cooler with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, urn shaped with two, thick elongated ear-shaped handles that extend from the lower body and loop up and around to become leafy vines, with round foot and flared lip, the body and foot decorated all-over with water lily motifs, leafy elements, flowers and buds, highlighted with shading, the interior white.