Medallion

Wedgwood

  • Titles Medallion (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium black basalt
  • Dimensions 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (6 x 4.8 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.973.2011
  • Work Type medallion
  • Classification Medals

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Large cylindrical creamware mug with pointed loop handle, shape number 3810 by Keith Murray, covered with matt moonstone glaze and decorated on one side with the British Air Force insignia printed in multi-color (black, blue, red, gold).
Coffee pot with a cylindrical form. The coffee pot's form flares out abruptly and then tapers toward the base. The body's exterior is decorated with plain, impressed bands and is matte black. The pot's handle is rounded and is at an angle to the body of the pot. The pot's spout is wide at its base and decreases in size. The lip of the pot extends inward then drops and extends again, for the missing cover to rest on.
Cupid in the Underworld, as the Tamer of Cerberus with Pluto's Pitchfork, Modeled after a relief (1828) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron
Round covered sugar bowl modeled to look like a cauliflower, the bowl with overlapping leaves and stem glazed green, the domed cover resembling the white florets, with cauliflower finial (the cover is not original to the bowl).