Commemorative Box with Cover

Wedgwood

1953

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Vase of solid white jasper with light blue jasper dip in the form of a ruined Etruscan urn on a small square plinth, the vase modeled to appear as though recently excavated with damage in the form of cracks and crumbling edges and with scattered bits of lichen, the square plinth with a pattern of scrolling foliage in white relief against a light blue ground, the foot of the vase is fluted and the main body is decorated with various classical figures in white relief against a light blue ground, the upper edge of the vase is irregular, as though weathered and damaged, and with a large leafy element hanging from the side.
On a four-footed, square base with arched skirt and a border of palmette motifs, a stand in the form of a laurel wreath supported by a swan with outstretched wings and stylized floral elements, with three prongs on each side for jewelry.
Cast-iron silhouette plaque of a seated man and woman, the man with gun leaning against his knee and with a dog at his foot, he reaches over and places flowers in the woman's hair, she looks demurely down, holding a flower in her left hand, a flowering bush to her left.
Heavy thistle-shaped vase that tapers inward to a cylindrical base. The areas around the vase's lip and its base are brown in color with splotches of mustard/khaki. The middle of the vase's exterior is primarily glazed dark brown with areas of light brown, tan, and mustard. The rest of the form is covered in splotches of dark brown, light brown, and mustard. The upper half of the vase's exterior is covered in thin and medium-sized impressed lines around the form. The lower half of the vase's exterior is covered in large, impressed lines around the form. There are several air bubbles in the glaze along the upper half of the vase. The lip is glazed dark green, tinged with brown. The vase's interior is dark green, with a dripping glaze.