Vase

Wedgwood

  • Titles Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions 13 1/2 x 6 in. Diam. (34.3 x 15.2 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.1078.2011
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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Chatelaine of cut steel, the large steel hook set with an octagonal medallion of solid dark blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of a standing classical figure next to a column holding a mirror in her left hand and surrounded by a stiff leaf border, on either side large, round beaded florettes of cut steel from which extend three chains united on one side by a similar round beaded element and on the other by a hook, from the beaded element extend four additional chains, two of which end in beaded tassels, one has attached a round solid blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of on one side "Hebe and the Eagle" and on the other a striding classical figure set into a seal, and the last has attached a round solid blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of on one side Hebe and the Eagle and on the other a group of classical figures at an altar set into a key; attached to the hook on the other side is a small, delicate tooled gold book with ivory leaves.
The dish is an open, slightly convex shape. The exterior is matte black with faint line impressions that create a swirl effect with the base's bottom as the center of the swirl. The interior is glazed a dark green and the glaze is smooth and even.
Solid blue jasper plate with white jasper relief decoration, the rim decorated with large, alternating acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs, the center well decorated with the Infant Academy featuring a group of three draped cherub figures posing for another draped cherub figure working at an easel with a vase of flowers, two rolled scrolls and another implement behind him, the underside of the rim is engine turned.
Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of King George III (1738-1820) facing right., cracked.He is shown in profile wearing a laurel wreath like a Roman Emperor. He was married to Queen Charlotte after whom Wedgwood's Queen's ware was so named in her honour.