Invalid Feeder

England

  • Titles Invalid Feeder (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium glazed creamware
  • 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.2546.2008
  • Work Type invalid feeder
  • Classification Containers

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Artemis, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Oval medallion with profile portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) , was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India.
Small enameled copper bonbonnière in the shape of a bird with white body and blue and yellow wings and green on the back, with brown under the yellow beak, the underside painted with a floral spray, with gilt metal mounts.
Obverse: In the background a Greek temple with the statue of Pallas Athena surrounded by people, in the foreground, men engaged in peaceful work. Reverse: The figure of lamenting Prussia with a shield displaying the Prussian eagle in front of a Greek temple with the statue of Pallas Athena, before her a broken plough and a destroyed well in reference to commerce and agriculture.