Thomas Jefferson Mold

Wedgwood

  • Titles Thomas Jefferson Mold (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware
  • Dimensions 4 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 in. (10.2 x 6.7 x 2.2 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.917.2008
  • Work Type mold
  • Classification Containers

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Green jasperware saucer with white relief leaf border
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief of a Floral girl, a modification of the Dancing hours.
Small hollow drum for a lamp or candelabrum of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, round and with a hole at each end, the body with a band of oak leaves at the bottom and a band of intersecting circles at the top, the central body with four small relief scenes including, Cupid as Oracle; Endymion on Latmos; Hebe giving sustenance to the Eagle; and Coriolanus (Coriolanus with his wife and mother who entreat him to return to Rome), between a series of dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Plain creamware fruit basket and stand, both with a molded basket weave design in the well, the basket with open woven sides and a double woven band entwining the edge, the stand with pierced latticework rim, and both basket and stand trimmed in yellow and brown enamel.