New Year’s Card

Modeled by Ewald Mataré, Buderus Foundry

1954

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Vase of enameled caneware in the form of six bamboo poles of varying heights on an irregular green mossy ground, the bamboo poles highlighted in blue and white to emphasize the natural joints and foliage of the bamboo plant, the interiors are glazed.
Large, heavy oval portrait medallion of light blue jasper with blue jasper dip and white relief, with the portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727), English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, in classical drapery facing almost front, behind him in white relief Newton's comet of 1680, the first comet discovered by telescope.
Miniature two-handled mug of white jasper with a dark blue jasper dip, on side one is the portrait medallion of Josiah Wedgwood facing left with a banner below that reads JOSIAH WEDGWOOD/1730-1795; the other side shows the coat-of-arms of the Wedgwood family with the motto OBSTANTIA DISCINDO (we overcome all obstacles)