Cup

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 2 5/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 15/16 in. (6.7 x 12.4 x 10 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.4113.2008
  • Work Type cup
  • Classification Containers

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Bust in profile right in uniform with the sash and Order of the Black Eagle.
Round, shallow, pearlware dish with scalloped edges, the well and sides of the dish painted with the scene of a seated nude female looking to her left, she holds a pink cloak or drapery in both hands around her back and a white cloth is draped over her lap, in front of her is a large brown urn for carrying water, she sits in a landscape with leafy green water foliage and blue sky behind her.