Dish

Mary Rogers

1980-1989

  • Titles Dish (Descriptive)
  • Artist Mary Rogers, British, born 1929
  • Medium glazed porcelain
  • Dimensions 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (3.2 x 14 x 13 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland, AFI.261.2010
  • Work Type dish
  • Classification Containers

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Oval basalt self framed medallion with profile portrait of the famed mathmetician and scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) facing right.
Large potpourri vase of green jasper dip with white jasper relief decoration, resting on square plinth decorated with a floral motifs, the round foot with applied white jasper relief decoration that includes ribbon molding and lotus motifs, the lower body with a band of scroll molding, the main body decorated with four small beaded reserves within which are four winged Zephyr figures, the body also decorated with in high relief large rams' heads supporting heavy floral garlands and margents suspended from ribbons, the pierced cover with a band of egg and dart motifs and pinecone final, a second flat cover of white jasper with a button finial lies inside.
Obverse: Head in profile left. Reverse: In the center a lyre with laurel branches.
Rectangular enameled box with a turquoise green ground with gold highlights, the lid painted with the scene of a stag hunt and the sides with small reserves painted with landscape scenes, the inside of the box on the bottom printed with the scene of a bear hunt in black.