Somnus

England

  • Titles Somnus (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium bronze
  • Dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 11.4 x 5.7 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.1107.2011
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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Molded tripod vase and reversible cover of black basalt, the vase supported by three legs with lion's masks at top, the legs and the vase body decorated with bands of various classical motifs, including acanthus leaves and fluting on the upper body and a band of fasces at the neck, the cover reverses from a domed one decorated with scrolling foliage and a sunflower finial to a lotus-shaped candle holder with acanthus-leaf motifs.
Teapot of creamware covered with green, blue, and yellow metallic oxides under a clear glaze, the body globular and resting on three feet with Chinese mask terminals, with bent crabstock handle and spout, the body with molded with a design of flowers, the cover a facsimile.
Wedgwood oval blue jasper plaque, presented to all Wedgwood employees who went to fight in the Great War 1914-1919, this particular plaque was presented to Private, Ernest Bailey of the Royal Defence Corps who before going to war was a painter at Wedgwood's Etruria factory. The front of the plaque has a border of leaves which surround the central scene of Minerva and two other figures with a banner Justice and Liberty 1914-1919.