bowl, lidded
manufacturer: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (English, estab. 1759); Etruria Works (English, estab. 1769, closed circa 1950);
1867-1869
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Description
bowl, lidded, classically-shaped shallow bowl and cover decorated with a dark blue ground with applied / sprigged figure groups etc. in white. In the form of a Kylix, each side of the bowl has an elongated looped handle; the exterior is decorated with groups of putti involved in various pursuits, each group seperated by pairs of inverted anthemion and palm front motifs. At the points where the handles are affixed are laurel wreaths, the handles themselves applied with husks. The perimeter of the bowl decorated with a continuous frieze of acanthus and egg and dart type sprigging. The interior of the bowl is glazed. The domed cover is pierced with twenty holes each five mm in diameter and is surmounted with a squat round finial applied with a twelve petalled floret and from which four palm fronds radiate. The cover is also decorated with twelve four-petalled florets.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (English, estab. 1759)
Etruria Works (English, estab. 1769, closed circa 1950)
Etruria Works (English, estab. 1769, closed circa 1950)
Production place
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Production date
1867-1869
Measurements
70 x 130 x 172 mm
Inscriptions
Impressed mark "Wedgwood";
impressed letters "X" and "V"
one other indistinct mark.
Date mark: 1867-69
impressed letters "X" and "V"
one other indistinct mark.
Date mark: 1867-69
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0301
TJC reference number
358
