Melbourne - Pottery
to
20
72
45
18
9
6
1
2
1
1
51
3
1
1
1
1
1
72
42
23
9
7
1,219
1,041
72
72
70
1
72
72
72
44
1
1
Item Ships From: Melbourne
Georgian Toby Jug - Wood C1785
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine early toby jug, from the Wood family of potters. Traditional form, seated and holding a foaming jug of beer, dressed in clothing of the day.
Toby jugs originated in the mid 18th century in Staffordshire. The name perhaps comes from Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth night; although I think both the jug and Sir Toby got their names from the song "The Brown Jug...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery
First Edition Portland Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1793
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
NOTE: We do not keep this in the showroom. Please let us know if you're visiting and would like to see it.
Rarely does a first edition Portland vase...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Portland Vase, Northwood, Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the finest copies of The Portland Vase that Wedgwood produced, in many ways rivalling the First Edition itself.
Decorated by Thomas Lovatt, then cut, polished and shaded by John Northwood in his glass engraving studio. Although 30 copies were intended, the work was so exacting and arduous that in the end only thirteen were finished.
The mirrored stand, which is included, is later and I think dates from the late 20th century. Of all the stands designed for the Portland Vase, this is the best I've seen.
The original Portland vase, dating from around 200AD and made of cameo glass, is considered one of the most important examples of classical design and is noted for its intricate relief sculptures, which depict classical figures and scenes from Greek mythology - exactly what, though, we're not sure.
The original Wedgwood Portland Vase...
Category
1880s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Pale Blue Jasperware Bowl, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In solid slate blue jasper, with inlaid foot; decorated with numerous reliefs typical of the period. Engine turned decoration and lapidary polished interior.
Exhibited: Wedgwood, Ma...
Category
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Trophy Plate, Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Trophy plates were a particularly Victorian development at Wedgwood, taking the use of classical ornament to its absolute limit. Over 2,000 individual sprigs were made, applied, and ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Figure Faun with Flute, Wedgwood, circa 1870
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
After the antique “Piping Faun” now in the Louvre Museum; the result of it being bought by Napoleon from the Borghese collection.
The "Piping Faun" is...
Category
1870s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Portland Vase. Barnard Edition (Bert Bentley). Wedgwood C1925
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In the early 1920s, Wedgwood decided to produce an exceptional edition of the Portland Vase, and Harry Barnard embarked on 3-4 years of experiments, which resulted in this superb and...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Small Teapot in Caneware with Spaniel Finial. Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unglazed caneware teapot of depressed oval shape, with arabesque decoration and a spaniel finial.
Wedgwood caneware is a type of pottery that w...
Category
1820s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge cider mug, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An oversized cider mug, in black basalt, with a Sheffield Plate rim. Probably not intended for use, but as an advertising gimmick; being intended to be put in the window of a tavern....
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth and an older man, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. It is unusual to find ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Potpourri in Cobalt Jasperware, Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A broad, flat potpourri in cobalt jasper dip, with a tall pierced cover.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery
$910 Sale Price
35% Off
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large vase in black basalt, with restrained neoclassical decoration taken from examples in The Hamilton Collection, now in The British Museum...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Whieldonware Teapot, England, C1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A charming, tiny, one-cup teapot in creamware with crabstock handle and spout, and ‘Whieldonware’ decoration. Teapots of this size date from the time each person was given his own po...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum.
The shape is taken from the Greek Hydria...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Flaxman Ewers in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1830.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the iconic early wedgwood pieces, the pair of ewers Sacred to Neptune & Sacred to Bacchus was designed by Flaxman in the 1780s for Josiah Wedgwood. They have remained popular ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Large Bust of the Pieta, Ralph Wood Jr, circa 1790
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large and impressive bust, taken from Michelangelo’s Pietà. Creamware, modelled and made by Ralph Wood, with enamelling.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Trophy Plate, Wedgwood, circa 1900
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Trophy plates were a particularly Victorian development at Wedgwood, taking the use of classical ornament to its absolute limit. Over 2,000 individual sprigs were made, applied, and undercut to produce this plate. Only the best decorators made these, beginning with Thomas Lovatt in the late 19th century - this is an example of his work.
The central relief depicts Bellerophon with Pegasus. Bellerophon was a noble hero of Corinth, known for his strength and bravery. He was the son of Glaucus and the grandson of Sisyphus, though some myths suggest he was actually the son of Poseidon. Bellerophon was a skilled warrior and sought to accomplish great deeds.
Pegasus was a magnificent, winged horse born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa...
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Swagged Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly successful vase in black basalt, with simple, classical deocration or swags and berries & leaves. This vase comes from the Wedgwood & Bentley period, during which the ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Hot Milk Jug, Engine-Turned Jasperware. Wedgwood, C1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Superb and exceptionally rare small jug in tricolour engine-turned diceware.
This is very early jasperware, made when "cherokee clay" was still being used. This clay, sourced from America, contained kaolin, the ingredient that makes porcelain translucent.
Exhibited: Wedgwood, Master Potter to the Universe, Roche Foundation, 2023.
Engine turning, also known as guilloche, is a decorative technique that was commonly used on eighteenth-century pottery. The process involved cutting intricate, repetitive patterns into a metal or ceramic surface using a machine known as a rose engine...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. T...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Campana Vase in White & Gilt Victoriaware, Wedgwood circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A marvellous combination of Wedgwood's traditional neoclassical style, in the form of a campana vase; which has been decorated in High Victorian style with gilt and bronzing.
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Saltglaze plate, from a service for King George III, English, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A mosaic pattern plate in saltglaze earthenware, with a an early transfer-print of the Royal Arms used during this period. This coat of arms was used by both George II and George III...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Miniature Salt Glaze teapot, English, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, one-cup teapot in undecorated salt-glazed earthenware. The size reflects the early custom of a pot to each tea drinker.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Anniversary Vase, Wedgwood, 1930
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Some fifty of these vases were made in 1930 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Josiah Wedgwood. The inscription reads: CC post natum conditorem anno viget ars Etruriae red...
Category
1930s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Black basalt figure of Bacchus. Wedgwood C1780.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Exceptionally rare early figure of Bacchus in black basalt. The mixed-case mark places this figure between 1780 and 1785.
He is portrayed in typical style, his head garlanded with grapes and with a wine cup to his lips.
Bacchus, also known as Dionysus in Greek mythology, is the enigmatic god of wine, fertility, and ritual madness. He symbolizes freedom, ecstasy, and the blurring of societal norms through his rituals and festivities. Bacchus is often depicted in myths as a deity who challenges the status quo, promoting an atmosphere where conventional rules do not apply, and his followers are liberated from their everyday constraints.
Born from Zeus and the mortal Semele, Bacchus is unique among gods, bridging the divide between the divine and the human. His followers included the wild and ecstatic maenads, female devotees who often reached states of divine frenzy, and the satyrs, mischievous half-man, half-goat beings. The worship of Bacchus was marked by theatrical processions, dances, and plays, reflecting his patronage of the theater and the dramatic arts.
Bacchus’s mythology...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Rum Kettle, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A n excellent rum kettle in black basalt, with engine-turned decoration and applied swags. The lion finial sits well under teh tri-arc handle.
Rum kettle were used to serve hot wate...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Jasperware Perfume Bottle, William Adams, circa 1790
By William Adams
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In cobalt jasper, decorated with Androcles and the lion and Demeter, Goddess of the harvest; Aphrodite to the other side. Original bright cut silver ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Chinoiserie Delft plates. England C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of plates painted with a pagoda in a garden after a contemporary Chinese model.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic produ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Baluster-Form Saltglaze Teapot, Decorated with Faulous Beasts, England, C1745
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In salt-glazed stoneware, crisply moulded with fabulous beasts and birds.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Pair miniature campana vases in black basalt, Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A good pair of miniature campana-shaped vases, in black basalt. Finding these with their lids, and with the delicate handles intact, is rare; a pair, even more so.
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
English Delft Campana Vase, C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare, large vase in a classical shape, decorated with figures in a landscape. Large pieces of delftware are not often found.
See CIRC 43-1963 in the V&A for a similar example.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Delft plate with a woman passing a monument. England C1745.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with a woman in a landscape. Known as a monument plate, after the monument surmounted by a vase.
Prov: Troy Chappell c...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Bacchantes in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1860.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Perhaps the most complex work in black basalt undertaken on any scale by Wedgwood, the Bacchantes, are adapted from sculptures by Clodion. A large and impressive pair, ful of vigour ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$13,500 / set
Australian Bicentenary Bowl, Wedgwood, circa 1988. Number 10 of 50 Made
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In Royal Blue dip; a colour normally reserved for Coronation commemoratives. One of only fifty made; made to mark the bicentenary of the found...
Category
1980s English Neoclassical Vintage Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Delft plate witha couple leaving a church. Wincanton/London England C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style with a couple leacing a church, or perhaps a house. Wincanton pottery, or perhaps London.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Inlaid Black Basalt Jug & Stand, Wedgwood, circa 1860
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An ale jug and matching tray, in black basalt with inlaid coloured decoration; a style known as Henri Deux. This stylle is a revival of an 18th century technique, in which designs ar...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Teapot, Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn, Greatbtach, C1765
By William Greatbatch
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classic Greatbatch teapot, with ear-shaped handle, double-flower finial, and “Aurora, Goddes of the Dawn” decoration.
Prov: Kantar Collection.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Creamware
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Teapot, with Naive Shepherdess, Wedgwood C1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A text-book example of Rhodes Studio decoration on a Wedgwood creamware blank. The shepherdess leans slightly, as though tipsy; typical of this studio.
Prov: Kantar Collection.
Exh...
Category
Late 18th Century English Rococo Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Creamware
Encaustic Painted Cup & Saucer, Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly fine example of a cup and saucer in the neoclassical style, simply decorated with a red line and a '"Leaf & Berry" motif.
The "leaf and berry" motif is a design element that is often found in neoclassical architecture and decorative arts. It features stylized leaves and berries arranged in a symmetrical pattern. This motif is commonly found on friezes, cornices, and other architectural elements, as well as on furniture, ceramics, and other decorative objects. It is associated with the neoclassical period, which began in the late 18th century and was characterized by a renewed interest in the classical art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 12 Plates, Aesop Fables, Wedgwood, circa 1860
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A set of 12 plates in creamware, in the Spanish shape. Each is hand-painted with an illustration from one of Æsop’s fables, and carries a title painted o...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Romantic Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Creamware
$3,040 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Shield-Shaped Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1773
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A shield-shaped vase, decorated to resemble porphyry, and highlighted with gilding.
Marked for Wedgwood & Bentley.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Ecuelle, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In black basalt, decorated with encaustic painting.
An écuelle is a French word that refers to a shallow dish or bowl, typically made of metal or ceramic, and used for serving food. Écuelle is also the French word for a small, shallow saucer used for serving soup. In English, an écuelle might be referred to as a soup plate or a soup saucer...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Boat Race Bowl, by Eric Ravilious, Wedgwood 1973
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
The 1973 re-issue of The Boat Race Bowl, designed by Eric Ravilous in the 1930s. His designs were not made by Wedgwood until the 1950s, on account of war...
Category
Late 20th Century English Art Deco Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Creamware
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Saltglaze "King of Prussia" Plate, English, circa 1756
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A salt-glaze plate, probably made about the time of Frederick the Great's successes in the Seven Years War and his convention with England in 1756 against France and her Allies.
...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Portrait Medallion of The Comtesse du Barry, Wedgwood C1920
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tricolour portrait medallion of the last Maîtresse-en-titre (official mistress) of Louis XV.
Produced by Bert Bentley from the 18th century model, with his usual excellent detail...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Oenocho, Wedgwood, C1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A splendid miniature oenochoe in creamware, decorated to simulate porphyry. Much of the original gilding still remains; all too often gilding from this period has worn off, or has be...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Creamware
$6,000
Campana Vase, Victoriaware Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A campana vase in white & gilt Victoriaware. Very French in style, the decoration being a copy of Sevres. It works surprisingly well on the neoclassical shape.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Gourd Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1905
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare example of Wedgwood’s excursion into Art Nouveau, in the form of a gourd shaped vase decorated with butterflies, designed by Courtney Lindsay in 1901.
Exhibited: Wedgwood, Ma...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Prattware Teapot, Dated 1792
By Swinton Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A documentary teapot, in pearl ware with Pratt ware colors under glaze. Dated and inscribed for Sarah Jackson. Attributed to the Swinton Pottery.
Category
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pearlware
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Salt Glaze Sauce Boat, Barley-Corn Pattern, English, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An excellent example of the popular Barleycorn pattern, crisply moulded in panels to the sides, with graceful sprigs. Salt-glaze particularly suits this sort of fine relief.
Excel...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Big Framed Jasper Medallion, Clio by Bert Bentley, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Unusually large and fine example of the work of the well-known decorator Bert Bentley. Clio, the muse of History, is reproduced with the exceptional quality that has made his work so desirable.
Clio is the Greek muse...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Creamware Portrait of Shakespeare, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A style of portrait previously unknown, this extraordinarily deep bust of Shakespeare is in creamware, with a cold painted background.
William Sha...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Oval Teapot in Black Basalt, Turner, circa 1790
By John Turner
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An excellent black basalt teapot, with engine turned decoration and widow finial. Most unusually, this example is marked.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Portrait Medallion of Pitt the Elder, Wedgwood C1920
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine tricolour portrait medallion of the First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778), a Whig statesman who led Britain during the Seven Years’ War.
Orna...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Rosso Antico Candlesticks, Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare pair of bell shaped candlesticks in rosso antico, with black decoration of ‘Boys at Play’.
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Saltglaze Pounce Pot, English, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A charming pounce pot, or sander, in sale-glazed earthenware. Unusually good condition. These were used to sprinkle pounce on writing paper; pounce was powd...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Salt Glaze Sauce Boat, Mosaic Pattern, English, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In salt-glazed stoneware, crisply moulded with the Mosaic pattern. The beginnings of the Rococo movement can be seen in the fronds overlaying the more staid mosaic.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Delft Charger, Coursing a Stag, English, circa 1710
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tin glazed earthenware (Delftware) dish, in an unusual shape; elaborately and skillfully painted with a man coursing a stag. Probably London; perhaps Bristol. Probably the salver for a large ewer.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic production of the period, and it had a major influence on the development of the British ceramics...
Category
Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Black Basalt Teapot, Turner, circa 1805
By Turner Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine teapot with D-shape handle and a peculiar finial in the form of a widow without her barrel & cruze.
The finial confirms the Turner attribution.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Jasperware Buckle, Wedgwood, Matthew Boulton, Circa 1795
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A jasper medallion decorated with Aphrodite, set in cut steel as a buckle, probably by Matthew Boulton. Original box.
The Greek goddess Aphrodite is often depicted in ancient art with a dolphin. In mythology, dolphins were considered sacred to Aphrodite, and they were associated with love, beauty, and fertility. According to one legend, Aphrodite emerged from the sea on a shell-borne chariot drawn by dolphins, and the creatures were said to be her faithful servants. As a result, images of Aphrodite with dolphins became a popular motif in Greek art, appearing on vases, sculptures, and other decorative objects. The association between Aphrodite and dolphins has continued through the centuries, and the image of the goddess with a dolphin remains a popular symbol of love and beauty.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) was an English manufacturer and entrepreneur who was best known for his contributions to the Industrial Revolution...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Pottery
Materials
Cut Steel
Read More
1882 Ltd. Looks to the Future of Ceramics in the U.K. with an Eclectic Exhibition and Auction
Faye Toogood and John Pawson are among the list of plate designers.
How the Chunky, Funky Ceramics of 5 Mid-Century American Artists Balanced Out Slick Modernism
Get to know the innovators behind the pottery countercultural revolution.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Chulucanas Pottery
Jaru Birds
Kagan Pottery
Khmer Silver
Mexican Pottery Pot With Handles
Pearlware Tankard
Peruvian Chulucanas Pottery
Pilkington Silver
Rodolfo Padilla
Samuel Lear
Scottish Majolica
Vintage Diana Pottery
Wedgwood Mared
Wedgwood Match Striker
Wemyss Ware
William Moorcroft On Sale
Aldo Londi Gatto
Antique 8 Gallon Stoneware Crock