Cheese Bell and Stand

England

  • Titles Cheese Bell and Stand (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium stoneware
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.361.1998a-b
  • Work Type bell and stand
  • Classification Containers

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Teapot of solid white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and applied white and green jasper relief decoration, the teapot body cylindrical and engine turned on body, shoulder and neck to create a blue and white checkerboard pattern with applied green quatrefoil motifs on the white squares, with a band of ivy leaves and ribbon running horizontally just below the shoulder, with white molded spout with a shell motif as terminal underneath and a white leaf-molded handle, the inset cover likewise engine turned in a checkerboard pattern with a band of acanthus leaves and beading around the teardrop finial, which has a band of the same alternating blue and white checkerboard squares with green quatrefoils around the middle.
Small creamware creamer with scrolled handle and beak spout, the pear-shaped body molded to look like a cauliflower with green leaves and stem below and white florets at the top, the handle likewise glazed green.
Cast-iron cross pendant with Jesus on the cross, each arm decorated in relief with scrolling motifs, the upper arm terminating in a winged cherub, with the inscription "INRI" above.