Ceres

Wedgwood

About 1810

  • Titles Ceres (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 in. (11.4 x 8.9 x 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.1353.2011
  • Work Type medallion
  • Classification Medals

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Lady wearing dress and cloak leaning against pedestal, painted with a marblized effect in pink, purples and blue; left hand rests on porcelain covered urn
Round jardinière, or flower pot of creamware on three stout feet and painted on both sides with on one a mother with children and a winged putti in a leafy reserve, and on the other a pair of nude little boy figures within the same leafy reserve, in between the two main scenes is a pattern of four ordered dots, the upper rim edged in mustard yellow.
Molded cup and saucer of enameled buff-colored caneware, the cup with fluted exterior with two thin blue bands and a band of red dot and dash motifs below the lip, the loop handle molded to give the impression of bamboo and with three thin blue bands, the interior lip decorated with a light blue band with green bellflower motifs and a gold band below it, the footed saucer similarly decorated with fluted exterior with same red dot and dash band and blue and green bellflower band around the interior lip, with black edging, in the well a narrow black circular band, a red circular band, and a black circle with a red flower in the center.
Delicate porcelain lithophane in cast-iron holder, the lithophane depicts the scene "Brautwerbung" (Courting the Bride), model number 229 in the Plaue Porcelain Manufactory's Preis-Courant, and shows on the left a young woman seated under a tree chatting with a young man in knickers, who casually leans on a barrel with his legs crossed at the ankles; the lithophane holder with a square base decorated with scrolling foliage and with a smaller square pedestal upon which rests the foot of the lithophane comprised of leafy foliage, the stem of the lithophane in the form of a column that is enveloped by stylized acanthus fronds, the frame above, which can be removed from the stem, is rectangular and rests on two scrolling, leafy vines which emanate from the stem, with pierced leafy motifs on either side and the top with pierced, scrolling decoration and a shell-like finial.