Mold

Wedgwood

  • Titles Mold (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 4 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (10.8 x 17.5 x 14.9 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.943.2008
  • Work Type mold
  • Classification Containers

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Chatelaine, Wedgwood, stoneware (jasperware) and cut steel
Small, oblong, octagonal sugar box of white porcelain with gilding, painted with small reserves on the sides with Chinoiserie scenes inside (a Chinese figure preparing tea on one side and a Chinese figure with a bird and cage on the other), "indianische Blumen" are scattered over the rest of the box, the cover likewise painted with Chinese figures, one with bells, the other preparing tea, with wide gilt and scrollwork borders as well as a Chinese-inspired floral border, the finial in the shape of a pagoda.
Octagonal tri-color jasper (sage green, dark blue, and white) cameo with white relief of Marcus Scoevola before King Porsena, featuring three warriors surrounding a fire, diana the huntress sitting on a chair being tended to and another soldier sitting on a chair.
Simple vase, Keith Murrary shape 4216, of cream-colored body, covered with a celadon green slip. Four series of closely-spaced, parallel, engine-turned lines encircle the body to reveal the lighter body beneath the slip. The interior of the vase and flared pedestal are cream-colored.