Cup and Saucer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup and Saucer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware or bone china
  • Dimensions cup: 1 3/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (3 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm) saucer: 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. Diam. (1.6 x 11.7 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.600.2008.1-.2
  • Work Type cup and saucer
  • Classification Containers

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Covered tripod vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration on truncated base with leaf motifs and beading all around and a floral medallion in the center, the ovoid-shaped vase rests on three columnar legs decorated with acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs and with lion's head masks with rings in their mouths at the top, the lower body of the vase with acanthus leaves, the waist with a repeating pattern of ovals and dashes, and the upper body with bellflowers below an overlapping lip decorated with a band of beading, the conforming cover with acanthus leaves and flat finial.
Pair of cast-iron bracelets, or cuffs, each comprised of five links in the form of pierced Gothic tracery.