Miniature Creamer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Miniature Creamer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions 2 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (5.1 x 8.6 x 3.8 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.884.2011
  • Work Type creamer
  • Classification Containers

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Round dark blue jasper medallion with white relief of Cupid shaving his bow, broken and poorly repaired
Large rectangular desk, or bureau Mazarin, inland with floral marquetry of various stained and natural woods on an ebony ground, raised on eight straight legs of tapered rectangular section, which are connected by two flat, interlaced stretchers, in the front is a central drawer with a recessed cupboard depicting a theatrical mask, and on either side tiers of three drawers, with a shaped apron below each tier of drawers and central cupboard, the top edged in gilt wood and with a central vase holding a floral bouquet with scrolling foliage and strapwork, birds and insects surrounding it, with like marquetry decoration on the other three sides.
Creamware covered dish of rectangular shape, both dish and domed cover decorated with scattered trophies, including a torch, shield, bow, ax, helmet, and ribbons in puce enamel, the dish with a gilt edge, the cover with a puce scalloped border edged with gold barbs, with similarly decorated loop handle and a central pattern of overlapping cabbage leaves in puce enamel.
Box, wood