Covered Jar

Wedgwood

About 1810

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One of a pair of tall cream-colored, pearlware vases decorated in enamel colors and partially gilt, the gold a dark, brownish color, the small square base with a row of stylized anthemion motifs highlighted in gold, the foot with a border in a modified egg-and-dart pattern likewise picked out in gold, and the lower body of the urn-shaped vase with stylized, individually molded acanthus leaves outlined in gold; the main body of each vase is painted in the round with different delicate and very detailed seascapes that both show a gray and blue cloudy--almost stormy--sky over a choppy turquoise-blue sea, each scene includes a variety of ships with billowing sails, as well as groups of sailors in small row boats attempting to land ashore through rough, foamy waves, the sea also includes debris from the ships floating in the water, above each central scene is a band of overlapping leaves highlighted in gold, and the slender neck includes stylized foliate motifs outlined in gold and a band of beading around the lip; on each vase the two tall, slender, partially-gilt, scrolled handles has a slithery gold snake coiled around it, the snakes' heads rest on the shoulder of the vase.
Fairy lustre vase
Small tin-glazed earthenware tile with an opaque, bluish ground, transfer-printed in black with the scene of a couple in 18th century garb dancing in a landscape with a pyramid in the background, within a scrolled border.
Urn of black basalt on thick, square plinth decorated with bands of palmettes, with round foot with band of overlapping acanthus leaves, the otherwise plain, urn-shaped body with exaggerated leafy garlands with clusters of berries where they meet, in the center on one side a molded medallion with the Three Graces, with two pistol handles that terminate in leafy spreads, the neck and shoulder fluted and with a band of beading around the lip, the cover a facsimile.