Clock, Jasperware with applied reliefs and brass, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria, ca.1880
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1880
Clock, jasperware with applied reliefs and brass. Brass clock with inlaid blue jasper plaques with white applied reliefs, and a miniature jasper vase on top. Six inlaid plaques, four on the front below the clock face and on the pedestal of the clock, two either side of the clock.
Central plaque shows a group of cupids with various items, the two circular plaques on the feet show two nymphs trying to steal a sleeping cupids arrow, and two classically dressed women with bows. Plaques on either side both show a figure holding a lyre and a paint brush. Miniature vase on top as two handles with ram heads, and two central scenes surrounded by decorative flora decoration. Jasper ware, a high-fired stoneware, was invented by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 434 mm whole; Width 122 mm whole; Length 240 mm whole
- Materials and techniques
- Jasperware, applied relief, brass
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Etruria
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O1818902
- Museum object number
- WE.14679:1-2014
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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