Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95), 250 Years of Innovation and Artistry 2009

Wedgwood, After the 1782 medallion by William Hackwood

2009

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Small, silver fruit or sweetmeat basket on raised, pierced oval foot with beaded edge, the basket of similar oval form with beaded edge and two bands, one at the upper body, one at the lower, of pierced decoration in a kind of engraved leaf motif, the central band with pierced roundels inset with stylized floral motifs, the outside of the basket left undecorated, the inside walls engraved with floral swags between the pierced motifs, the central well engraved with a lion’s head erased with tongue (crest of many different families), with beaded swing handle.
Octagonal brooch or buckle comprised of a dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of Coriolanus – Coriolanus with his wife and mother who entreat him to return to Rome – in a cut-steel mount of faceted steel beads set in circles with an outer band of smaller faceted steel beads.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of three Dancing Hours figures on left and a leafy tree on the right, all on a thin ground.
Small round brooch comprised of a double-sided circular band of dark blue jasperware set into a mount of silver, the band decorated on both sides with small white jasper reliefs of the signs of the zodiac, the center part loosely mounted and likewise set in a silver mount and containing a lock of Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson's hair (reputedly), along with three small pearls, and strands of gold twine under glass, the reverse contains a piece of white grosgrain fabric under glass in the center, with a simple pin closure.