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Not currently on display at the V&A
On short term loan out for exhibition

Plaque

ca. 1789-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval plaque of white Jasper ware with black dip and white applied bas-relief. The scene depicts a cherubic naked young Bacchus with his attributes of a wreath of vine-leaves and grapes on his head, and holding a wand tipped with a pine-cone (a thrysus). Two wingless cherubs stand either side raising him aloft in a sitting position. He holds a bunch of grapes on the head of the right hand cherub. Fallen vine-leaves, grapes and a flowering plant are detailed along the ground at their feet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
White Jasper ware with black dip and applied white bas-relief
Brief description
Oval plaque of white Jasper ware with black dip and white applied bas-relief, Wedgwood Factory, Staffordshire, ca. 1789-1800
Physical description
Oval plaque of white Jasper ware with black dip and white applied bas-relief. The scene depicts a cherubic naked young Bacchus with his attributes of a wreath of vine-leaves and grapes on his head, and holding a wand tipped with a pine-cone (a thrysus). Two wingless cherubs stand either side raising him aloft in a sitting position. He holds a bunch of grapes on the head of the right hand cherub. Fallen vine-leaves, grapes and a flowering plant are detailed along the ground at their feet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
  • Width: 10.5cm
Style
Object history
Bought, along with other Wedgwood pieces, from the executors of the late B.L. Vulliamy.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
3506-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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