Medallion

England

  • Titles Medallion (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium metal (probably silver, tarnished)
  • 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.3548.2008
  • Work Type medallion
  • Classification Medals

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Venus Anadyomene, blue and white
Southern Netherlands, façon de Venise diamond-engraved winged goblet, the funnel-shaped bowl engraved with two oval medallions, one depicting Saint John the Baptist holding the Cross, Bible, and Lamb, and wearing a camel fur over his shoulder, the other showng Saint Paul holding a sword, the saints are flanked by two large flowers; the stem a series of coiled tubes, whose middle section is shaped like an "8" enclosing white threads and applied with pincered ornaments, on a folded conical foot
Pipe head of dark blue jasper dip with white relief decoration of leafy vines and acanthus leaves, around the body are three classical female figures, the lower body in the form of an acorn.
On a round base with four feet in the form of cannons and decorated in relief with implements of war, the stem is comprised of a pyramid of cannon balls upon which rests a drum and a two-headed eagle with outstretched wings and wearing a shield on its breast with the image of St. George and the Dragon, the candle socket is in the form of a crown, the bobeche is a later addition.