Pitcher

Wedgwood

  • Titles Pitcher (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 7 13/16 x 7 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (19.8 x 19.4 x 9.2 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.525.2012
  • Work Type pitcher
  • Classification Containers

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Quiver vase of solid pale blue jasper with dark blue jasper dip, decorated with white jasper relief, mounted on circular base with stylized leafy border motifs, the body comprised of four columns, or shafts, the fronts and sides of which are molded with panels of horizontal fluting, in the center of each side a ring is attached from which dangles a bit of drapery, at the top of each shaft is a horizontal band of tiny overlapping shell elements and extending upward from the top of the vase are the feathered ends of arrows, or quivers, at the base of the body and spilling onto the circular base are thickly molded, applied leafy motifs and flowers, the domed cover, likewise of pale blue jasper with dark blue jasper dip, sits inside the quivers and has as its knop a pair of doves, or love birds, with wings outstretched and beaks touching, resting on white cloudy grounds.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief of a Floral girl, a modification of the Dancing hours.
Oval white jasper cameo with relief scene of five figures under a tree
Porcelain figure of a woodpecker with an open black beak, a black and iron-red head, a yellow breast, a green back and tail, and black wing and tail tips, perched on a tree stump mottled in shades of brown and yellow, and applied with colorful florettes and green and turquoise leaves.