Footed Tureen

Whieldon

  • Titles Footed Tureen (Descriptive)
  • Artist Whieldon, England
  • Medium glazed creamware
  • Dimensions 6 1/2 x 15 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (16.5 x 38.7 x 24.8 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.922.2011
  • Work Type tureen
  • Classification Containers

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Tall ewer of white stoneware covered with a variegated glaze resembling agate stone in mottled shades of green, gray, and brown, resting on a plain, square basalt base, with a gilded band of laurel leaves below the shoulder, a gilt feathered spout with a band of beading below, and curved handle that terminates in a satyr's mask, likewise gilt.
Cupid and Psyche, Modeled after a cut stone by Charles Brown, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Oil lamp of black basalt resting on a small square plinth, plain round foot and stem, the lower body fluted, the upper body plain and with three extended openings for three wicks in the form of leafy brackets, the interior with three funnels to feed the wicks through, small beading around the lip, the wooden cover a replacement.
Octagonal tri-color jasper (dark blue, sage green, and white) cameo with white relief Marcus Scoevola before King Porsena, featuring four warriors, a fire in the centre and one man sitting on a chair.