Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Josiah Wedgwood, inscribed "Congres International des Ouviers potiers 26.27.28.aout 1912 Hanley Angleterre"

Josiah Wedgwood

Wedgwood

1912

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Covered urn of white stoneware, urn-shaped and footed, resting on a small white square plinth, the body of the urn covered with a rich agate, or crystalline, glaze in imitation of stone in shades of brown, tan and gray, the two gilded handles in the form of ram's heads, whose horns curve up and around and attach to the shoulder, the neck with a small band of beading in the middle, with a small cover with ball finial (not original).
Rectangular box with painted scene of woman with a torch.
Black basalt jug decorated with encaustic painting derived from the Greek "oenochoe" form with a band of red around the foot and detailing the handle, the body decorated with on one side the image of a classical figure holding a mirror aloft and on the other a classical figure in movement holding a wreath, both are making offerings and are derived from a scene of the god Castor in a temple, above the figures at the shoulder is a band of anthemion and tear drop motifs below a band of floral elements, midway on the neck is a band of beading and the lip of the jug is decorated with an egg and dart pattern, the curved, molded handle terminates in a molded mask, perhaps Castor's brother Pollux, wearing a swan headdress above a foliate sprig.
Large, square earthenware tile partially printed and hand-painted with a circular reserve outlined by a white band within two yellow bands containing in white with blue highlights the portrait of a woman facing slight right wearing Medieval garb with a pointed headdress and earrings, the ground with a blue on blue design of grape vines with bunches of grapes, the larger ground of the tile contains in various shades of blue a pattern of decorative, horizontal bands with from the top a band of small x's and solid dots; the name of the season AUT UMN; a fish scale pattern; a band of open dots; a band of scrolling motifs; and a band featuring a zigzag design, the reverse with horizontal bars in relief to aid adhesion when setting the tile.