Saucer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Saucer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 1 x 5 13/16 in. Diam. (2.5 x 14.8 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.599.2008
  • Work Type saucer
  • Classification Containers

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Obverse: Bust as Roman emperor in profile right. Reverse: The army and navy paying homage to the king.
Tall silver coffeepot of elongated pear-shaped form on round, stepped foot, the elegantly curved spout decorated with stylized foliage, the wooden hand two modified C-scrolls with a tightly scrolled thumb rest, the hinged, domed lid with a band of gadrooning at the edge and with a fluted cap-shaped finial, one side of the main body engraved with a fictitious coat of arms above a banner that reads, IN MEMORY OF MISS BARBARA KIRKHAM OB: 10 DEC: 1769
Covered urn of white jasper with green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, on round foot with overlapping acanthus leaves around the edge, the lower body with acanthus leaf motifs, the main body divided into four reserves with decorative lattice work in between, each reserve with an applied white classical vignette, including the Three Graces, Cupid as Oracle, a Sacrifice; and Nike and a Warrior, with a band of ivy leaves and ribbon just below the shoulder and with acanthus leaves around the neck and on the cover, with drop finial.
Modeled after a fire mark issued by the United Fireman's Insurance Company of Philadelphia in 1860 (reproduction).