Mold for Taurus and Bull (Tail with Example)

Wedgwood

  • Titles Mold for Taurus and Bull (Tail with Example) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium ceramic
  • Dimensions 4 x 5 x 5 in. (10.2 x 12.7 x 12.7 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.888.2008a-c
  • Work Type mold
  • Classification Containers

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Covered chocolate cup and saucer of undecorated white stoneware, the cup footed and goblet shaped with two double scroll handles, the conforming cover with flat finial, the saucer molded with a slight indent in the middle to hold the cup, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished and the underside of the cover is glazed.
Creamware sweetmeat dish of a creamy yellowish color, shell-shaped with shell edge highlighted in magenta enamel, with shell scrolled handle likewise highlighted in magenta and a hand-painted magenta floral sprig in the well, resting on two stout conical feet.
Creamware teapot, four-sided and with a diamond-shaped base, with foliate spout and handle, the bulbous body molded with four reserves that each contain exotic birds, the bands around the reserves and in between as well as the spout and handle highlighted in greenish-gray glaze