Candlesticks

Wedgwood

  • Titles Candlesticks (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Rosso Antico with enamel
  • Dimensions each: 6 x 3 7/8 in. Diam. (15.2 x 9.8 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.774.2012.1-.2
  • Work Type candlesticks
  • Classification Containers

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Oval medallion with relief profile portrait of Gladstone
Obverse: Emblems of agriculture and commerce with Brunswick's coat of arms. Reverse: A baby in the arms of an angel.
Squat, urn-shaped silver covered sugar bowl resting on a square base that is decorated with bright-cut engraving in a pattern of floral motifs at the corners and bands of squiggly dots between, the round, pierced foot decorated with stylized floral elements in roundels, the body with a pierced middle section in a repetitive geometric pattern that mirrors the decoration on the foot, the upper body engraved with empty circular reserves and leafy and dot swag motifs, the neck with a pierced wavescroll band below a beaded edge, the elongated, domed cover likewise engraved on the inverted shoulder with bands of repeating dots, scallops, and ovals, with small urn finial.
Covered Jar, Designed by David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware