Commemorative Platter

Wedgwood

  • Titles Commemorative Platter (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium glazed creamware
  • Dimensions 1 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (3.2 x 41.3 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.877.2008
  • Work Type platter
  • Classification Containers

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Portrait bust of Sir Isaac Newton on round socle, wearing an open collar and drapery.
Bust in profile right in civilan uniform with crossed hammer and gad on epaulet.
Small silver inkwell resting on three fluted, slightly curved legs, with beaded edges, comprised of four parts – a pen tray and stand with attached candleholder (with hook for a snuffer, now missing) and three cut-glass vessels with silver covers for ink and sand, these rest in detachable, pierced silver galleries held in place from below with pins.
Obverse: Bust in profile left.