Ewer

England

  • Titles Ewer (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium creamware
  • 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.4265.2008
  • Work Type ewer
  • Classification Containers

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Solid white jasper covered vase with light green jasper dip and applied white and lilac jasper relief decoration, resting on a small square plinth decorated with anthemion motifs, the vase foot with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves around the edge, the lower body with applied white stiff leaf motifs, the main body with a heavy floral swag on either side with a lilac and white medallion above that features on one side the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche and on the other the Sacrifice to Hymen, with a band of ribbon and vine below the flat shoulder, with two ram's head masks, one on either side, whose horns curve around to form the handle, the short neck with a white band around the middle and crossed ribbons around the lip, the cover with stiff leaf motifs and ball finial.
Small round medallion of white jasper with dark blue dip and white jasper bas relief decoration of a crab representing "Cancer" from the "Signs of the Zodiac" series, mounted as a brooch in a simple silver setting.
Tall vase of white stoneware, bottle-shaped and covered with an opaque agate glaze in shades of brown, black, green and cream, resting on a small, square white stoneware base decorated with a diaper pattern border, with twisted rope bail handle that shows traces of gilding.
This teardrop-shaped custard cup or dessert pot is made from a fine sheet of moulded yellow jasper which has been decorated with a crenellated edge and the ornamentation of a fine white jasper lattice or trellis design. It was made between 1790 and 1800.