Plates

Wedgwood and Company

See More of the Collection

White glazed porcelain two-light candelbra with gilt bronze and a seated chinoiserie figure at center.
One of a pair of tall cream-colored, pearlware vases decorated in enamel colors and partially gilt, the gold a dark, brownish color, the small square base with a row of stylized anthemion motifs highlighted in gold, the foot with a border in a modified egg-and-dart pattern likewise picked out in gold, and the lower body of the urn-shaped vase with stylized, individually molded acanthus leaves outlined in gold; the main body of each vase is painted in the round with different delicate and very detailed seascapes that both show a gray and blue cloudy--almost stormy--sky over a choppy turquoise-blue sea, each scene includes a variety of ships with billowing sails, as well as groups of sailors in small row boats attempting to land ashore through rough, foamy waves, the sea also includes debris from the ships floating in the water, above each central scene is a band of overlapping leaves highlighted in gold, and the slender neck includes stylized foliate motifs outlined in gold and a band of beading around the lip; on each vase the two tall, slender, partially-gilt, scrolled handles has a slithery gold snake coiled around it, the snakes' heads rest on the shoulder of the vase.
Covered urn of white stoneware, urn-shaped and footed, resting on a small white square plinth, the body of the urn covered with a rich agate, or crystalline, glaze in imitation of stone in shades of brown, tan and gray, the two gilded handles in the form of ram's heads, whose horns curve up and around and attach to the shoulder, the neck with a small band of beading in the middle, with a small cover with ball finial (not original).
Demitasse cup