Figure of a Woman

Wedgwood

  • Titles Figure of a Woman (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 15 1/2 x 14 x 6 1/2 in. (39.4 x 35.6 x 16.5 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.1239.2011
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

See More of the Collection

Solid light blue jasper tablet with applied white jasper relief decoration with light shading depicting Achilles at Skyros at the time of his discovery and departure, with from left a knight with horse, Lycomedes sitting on the throne, two naked Doryphoroi, or spear bearers, one of Lycomedes daughters in a long girt chiton springing away with a gesture of alarm, Achilles brandishing a sword, his woman's chiton slipping, his lover Deidameia is behind him with her hands on his shoulders, three other male figures, possibly Odysseus, Agamemnon with an attendant, and Diomedes are to the right.
Oval blue medallion with white relief scene of the Judgement of Paris, several chips and cracks,
Large plate of creamware with shallow well and wide rim, painted on the front with the scene of the Good Samaritan - in a landscape a man lies unconscious on the road in the foreground while a man with a donkey stops to help, further along the road a cloaked figure with a walking stick walks away, the plate with a mustard-yellow edge.
Drawer pull with impressed floral design