Medallion

Wedgwood

  • Titles Medallion (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 2 9/16 x 3 3/16 x 3/8 in. (6.5 x 8.1 x 1 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.1223.2008
  • Work Type medallion
  • Classification Medals

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A vase with a bottle-like form. It is heavy and primarily black in color. The upper part o fthe vase has interspersed thin, red, and horizontal lines. The lower half of the vase features a dripping glaze on top of a mix of black bands, dark red, moss green, and white specks.There are some imperfections and air bubbled along the body of the vase. The vase's exterior lip is ringed in dark red and the interior of the vase's lip is ringed with dark green. The vase's interior is unglazed.
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