Platter

Wedgwood

  • Titles Platter (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 1 1/2 x 24 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (3.8 x 62.5 x 31.8 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.1118.2011
  • Work Type platter
  • Classification Containers

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Sculptural vase of white porcelain with seven coral or leaf-like forms with ruffled edges extending out from the center.
Obverse: The heads of Crown Prince Ludwig (1786-1868; 1825-48 King) and Crown Princess Theresa (1792-1854) of Bavaria in profile right. Reverse, blank.
Seated figure on lid
Large creamware chocolate pot of truncated cone shape with a small beak-shaped spout and indented loop handle, the body decorated in shades of green and brown with entwined garlands of husk ornaments, the unusual, rare double cover similarly decorated and with a ball finial highlighted with a pink floral element.