Covered Vase

Wedgwood

1780-1790

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Bowl with Cover, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Small asparagus shell of white soft-paste porcelain with low vertical, straight sides that taper towards one end, open at both ends to allow bundles of asparagus spears to be contained inside, the interior painted in underglaze blue in the "Narcissus" pattern, above the painted scene is a band of blue squares with white reserves with blue dots in the middle, below is a stylized foliate pattern, on both the interior and exterior sides are painted delicate floral vines.
Heavy, bulbous vase with wide mouth made of beige stoneware and covered with a thick black glaze over brown and with a semi-transparent gray glaze over the shoulder and running down the sides through which appear flecks of goldish brown and tan, the glaze flecked throughout with bits of clay, the foot left glaze free.