Stamp

Wedgwood

  • Titles Stamp (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium metal
  • Dimensions 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (0.3 x 2.9 x 4.1 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.692.2008
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Dish, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Large silver hot water urn on square base with four ball feet, the edges reeded, resting on round foot with two reeded bands encircling the foot, on short stem the bulbous body plain, with two, round hinged handles and wide band of reeding at the shoulder, extending from the lower body is a long, reeded spigot with ivory knob, the elegantly domed cover with central band of reeding and ball finial, on one side of the cover engraved the arms of the Stephens family impaled with the arms of the Lugg family, with badge above (a rampant lion left); inside the urn is a long tube with domed cover and ball finial that inserts into a ring to hold it upright, to contain hot coal with which to keep the water hot.
Rectangular dark blue jasper cameo with white relief floral decoration, set in gold plated metal as brooch
Small oval medallion of dark blue jasperware with white jasper relief of an enslaved African man wearing only a loin cloth, kneeling and in shackles, with his hands grasped together, around him the inscription AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER?