Shaker

England

  • Titles Shaker (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium glazed Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 4 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. (10.5 x 5.4 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.322.2009a-b
  • Work Type shaker
  • Classification Containers

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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 Psyche bound by Cupids, Aurora in her Chariot, Cupid as Oracle, and Muses watering Pegasus, 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.
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.
Cast-iron cross pendant, each arm pierced and with scrolling foliage motifs, in the center a small medallion with a rosette.
Probably a later cast of the obverse of a medal commemorating the restoration of the Coliseum after 1825.