Sugar Basin
1873 (made)
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Jasperware sugar basin with reliefs depicting Romulus with the Wolf, a group of Tritons, a warrior in a chariot with Victory, Cupid flying, and Bacchus in a car drawn by leopards. The figures are in white in oval medallions suspended by ribbons from discs, from which hang also festoons of ivy. Round the rim is a wreath of foliage and at the base a border of acanthus and palm-leaves alternately arranged.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jasperware with applied reliefs |
| Brief description | Jasperware sugar basin with reliefs of Romulus, Tritons, Victory, Cupid and Bacchus, made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1873 |
| Physical description | Jasperware sugar basin with reliefs depicting Romulus with the Wolf, a group of Tritons, a warrior in a chariot with Victory, Cupid flying, and Bacchus in a car drawn by leopards. The figures are in white in oval medallions suspended by ribbons from discs, from which hang also festoons of ivy. Round the rim is a wreath of foliage and at the base a border of acanthus and palm-leaves alternately arranged. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'WEDGWOOD' (Impressed) |
| Gallery label | Sugar basin with reliefs depicting Romulus with the Wolf, a group of Tritons, a warrior in a chariot with Victory, Cupid flying, and Bacchus in a car drwan by leopards.
made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1873
Mark: 'WEDGWOOD' impressed
Jasperware with applied reliefs
2435-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Made for the Vienna Exhibition of 1873(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Made for the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. |
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| Accession number | 2435-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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