Dwarf

Staffordshire

About 1800

  • Titles Dwarf (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 6 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (15.6 x 8.3 x 8.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.352.1998
  • Work Type figure
  • Classification Sculpture

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Bust in profile right in Austrain general's uniform with sash and ermine mantle.
Shallow oval dish of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, around the inner edge a border of leafy flowers on a vine, in the center well is a central decorative element comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs and on either side is a small relief scene, on one side "Sportive Love" and the other a seated woman with her hand to her face as an attendant cleans her feet with a jug of water, below a drapery.
Small snuff bottle of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, on one side the figure in white relief of Cupid with a bird as allegory of fall from a series of the seasons, on either side a goat's head mask.
Small caneware urn decorated with encaustic painting, of amphora shape with black bands around the edge of the foot and stem, the main body decorated with the image of a bearded man and a woman in classical dress at an altar; the man holds a staff and a bowl and the woman a jug (Libation to Zeus?), below them is a band of classical inspiration and around the neck is a decorative band of abstract leafy elements, the reverse of the vase has a purely decorative motif of scrolling vines and anthemions, the handles and lip likewise edged in black.