Ewer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Ewer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 12 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (32.4 x 12.1 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.1022.2008
  • Work Type ewer
  • Classification Containers

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Portrait medallion in white jasper with black jasper dip on the front only and white relief depicting Dorothea, Lady Banks (1758-1828), wife of Sir Joseph Banks, to right, wearing a draped garment, her hair in rolls and tied with a wide hairband.
Chatelaine comprised of three blue and white jasper medallions and six beads mounted as pendants, watch keys, and seals, and a solid blue jasper seal with polished surface mounted in steel and gold with a hook on the back, the entire piece with five hanging elements suspended from a central element comprised of a jasper medallion with a scene of two figures riding a sea serpent set in an engraved gold mount, the first hanging element with two beads on a steel and gold chain, the lower bead with a band of cut steel diamonds functions as a watch key; the second element is a steel and gold chain with a hook from which hangs a jasper and gold seal (the plate is not engraved); the third element, the longest central element, includes a jasper bead on a steel chain above a jasper medallion of a seated figure with scythe, below this the sold blue jasper seal decorated with classical figures around, the plate likewise with two classical figures; the fourth hanging element comprised of a steel and gold chain from which hangs a two-sided blue and white jasper medallion set in a steel mount that functions as a watch key, the medallion with scenes of Psyche bound by Cupid, and two Cupids; the fifth and last hanging element consists of a similar chain with a jasper bead and a gold mounted jasper seal.
Drawer pull with enameled floral decoration
The rectangular frame with pierced foliate motifs and scrolling foliage at the finial. The lithophane with a Rhenish church.