Inkwell

England

  • Titles Inkwell (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium black basalt
  • Dimensions 1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. Diam. (4 x 7 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.708.2012
  • Work Type inkwell
  • Classification Containers

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Round cover to an object of solid light blue jasper with white relief decoration, along the side a band of roses and on the top in white relief Aurora, goddess of the dawn in a chariot drawn by horses, in gold-tone mount.
Round green jasper medallion with white relief of Cupid sharpening his arrows Cupid also known as Eros or Amor, The god of Love, he is often seen portrayed with a bow and arrows in order to strike with his 'cupid's darts.
Covered bouquetiere, or flower container, of white stoneware covered with a matt black glaze, oval in shape and designed to resemble a footed basket with two looped, twig handles, with a rope twist border at the foot and edge of cover, the pierced, domed corresponding cover with a hole in the middle and short neck, the interior likewise glazed.
In the center a small, oval cartouche against a ground of flowers and foliage.