Plaque

England

  • Titles Plaque (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium black basalt
  • 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.886.2008
  • Work Type plaque
  • Classification Plaques

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Small round button comprised of a solid light blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of Hercules and the Cretan Bull – Hercules carrying the slain Cretan Bull over his shoulder – set in a cut steel mount set with two rows of faceted beads of cut steel, the reverse of the mount pierced in a spoke pattern.
On a round base with four feet in the form of cannons and decorated in relief with implements of war, the stem is comprised of a pyramid of cannon balls upon which rests a drum and a two-headed eagle with outstretched wings and wearing a shield on its breast with the image of St. George and the Dragon, the candle socket is in the form of a crown, the bobeche is a later addition.
Sculptural vase of white porcelain with seven coral or leaf-like forms with ruffled edges extending out from the center.
Creamware soup plate in the Royal shape transfer-printed in black depicting a naval vessel with a yellow-painted flag with a double eagle, which is that of the last German Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II (1768-1835), the rim printed with five sprays of flowers.