Dish

Wedgwood

  • Titles Dish (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 2 x 12 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (5.1 x 31.8 x 22.5 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.3279.2008
  • Work Type dish
  • Classification Containers

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Small, silver basket of boat-shaped form raised on a scalloped foot, the foot ribbed at the edge and decorated with bright-cut dotted bands, the body likewise ribbed at the upper edge and with a band of bright-cut floral motifs, on all four sides engraved floral swags in a heart-shaped configuration, on two sides with a shield-shaped reserve, one left empty, the other with the image of a falcon and a banner containing the motto NE OUBLIE, the swing handle also ribbed, with a light gold wash inside.
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