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Thrasybulus

Wedgwood

19th Century

  • Titles Thrasybulus (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 3/16 in. (5 × 5 × 0.5 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.1785.2008
  • Work Type portrait medallion
  • Classification Medals

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Campana vase of black basalt on small square plinth, the foot with a band of overlapping leaves, the lower body gadrooned and the upper body engine turned, with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves around the flared lip and on the underside of the lip a band of grape leaves and bunches of grapes on a vine, with two short loop handles, the cover missing.
Saucer, Wedgwood, bone china with underglaze red and gilding
Large bulbous potpourri vase of black basalt decorated overall with bright colored enamels in the Chinese style with chrysanthemums and other flowers, exotic foliage and a rocky ground, birds and a butterfly, with two small loop handles, the pierced cover with an acorn finial, edged in red.
Tall, elegant silver centerpiece resting on a flat, triangular base with concave sides and guilloche border, mounted on three delicately chased shell feet, the lower body of the centerpiece likewise of triangular form with two bands of guilloche molding and the cast and applied arms of the Earls of Coventry on all three long sides separated by individual molded scroll motifs on the short sides, supported by three dolphins with looped tails between heavy swags of fruit and flowers; on each angle of the lower body stands a female figure of caryatid type sculptured in the round and clad in a classically draped gown and sandals, facing outward, the figures hold in each hand the wand, or scepter, of Dionysus, one surmounted by a pine cone and the other by ivy leaves and berries, so that they form a criss-cross pattern with the wands, which are crossed and tied near the middle with large bows, in the center of the figures is a large round medallion, and resting lightly on the heads of the figures is a circular stand decorated with a frieze of scrolling foliage and flowers below a large bowl of open basketwork rising to a double-plaited edge with a band of guilloche. A glass liner (now missing) originally fit into the bowl.