Pestle

Wedgwood

  • Titles Pestle (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware and wood
  • Dimensions 8 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (21.6 x 4.4 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.1130.2011
  • Work Type pestle
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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Small oval medallion of white jasper with black dip and white bas relief of Fame Inscribing an Urn to the Memory of Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria (1767-1790) – a winged Fame kneels before a large urn on pedestal with trumpet in left hand and stylus in right, he inscribes the urn while a standing classically-dressed figure behind him drapes it, the Austrian eagle lies at the base of the pedestal, the scene delicately shaded with black jasper slip, set in a silver mount adorned with marcasite, the elaborate finial comprised of flowers and leafy elements set with marcasite, with eye for a chain.
Small oval medallion of solid dark blue jasperware with white jasper bas relief of Terpsichore – a classical female figure holding a lyre standing next to a column with a figure on top, set in gold mount with simple looped edge, with eye for a chain.
Delicate cast-iron and steel necklace, the long chain comprised of intertwined wire links that are united by a large, central link in the form of a small, round steel medallion with the applied image of a Sistine Cherub, the medallion surround by leafy foliage, the chain extends from this link to support a large pendant in the form of a cross with pierced arms enhanced with Gothic crockets and ending in pierced, scrolling foliate elements, the center of the cross decorated with a floral element applied to an oval, steel medallion, with screw closure.
Cup and Saucer, Wedgwood, bone china with enamel decoration and gilding