Sugar

Wedgwood

  • Titles Sugar (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (7 x 8.6 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.1093.2008
  • Work Type sugar
  • Classification Containers

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Large, heavy cast-iron covered tureen resting on an oval foot with short, beaded stem, the oval tureen in squat urn form with raised foliage on the bottom and a band of stylized floral motifs around the midsection, with a handle on either side in the form of two connected sea creatures with open mouths and split, scrolling tails, the domed cover with a band of acanthus leaves and pinecone knob.
Rectangular cocoa (lilac?) jasper cameo with white relief scene with four male figures, set in gold mount as a brooch
Miniature commemorative spill vase of cylindrical shape of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, on one side the portrait bust of Josiah Wedgwood with the name JOSIAH WEDGWOOD and dates 1730-1795 in banners below, on the other the coat of arms of the Wedgwood baronetcy Gules four Mullets in Cross and a Canton Argent and on a Ducal Coronet a Lion passant Argent with the motto "Obstantia Discindo" (I split asunder obstacles) in a banner below.