Two Wedgwood jasperware Dishes with classical figures
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Two Wedgwood jasperware Dishes with classical figures
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Two Wedgwood jasperware Dishes with classical figures:
one heart-shaped, depicting the Three Graces and with a white border of oak leaves and acorns; the second circular, depicting Cupid with Venus and Psyche, with anthemion relief border.
Each stamped ‘Wedgwood Made in England’.
Width: | 4¼" | - | 11.0cm |
Projection: | 4½" | - | 11.5cm |
Glossary Words
Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood 1730-1795, an English ceramics manufacturer particularly renowned for his Jasperware, with its neo-classical design in white on a pastel blue, green or black background.
Jasperware
Type of ceramic produced by Wedgewood with neo-classical design in white on a pastel blue, green or black background.
anthemion
A palmette motif in the form of a stylised honeysuckle, found on classical Greek buildings such as the Erechtheum, in Athens, and often used as part of neo-classical decoration.