Josiah Wedgwood & Sons

By: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Gordon, Evelyn Blyth, 1894-2013

Reference: Curios-017-007

Description: Head and shoulders ceramic portrait of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India Other Titles - Honourable Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Pottery (jasper ware), white on blue 110 x 85 mm in black wooden frame 160 x 140 mm (oval)

Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Rathbone, Frederick, active 1907-1915; Flaxman, John, 1755-1826

Reference: A-118-001

Description: Three Raiatean women dancing, accompanied by two drummers and a flautist. The flautist is blowing a nose flute. The scene is an interior one, with the group surrounded by columns Engraver unknown. After Sydney Parkinson, artist on Captain Cook's 1st voyage. A reversal of an engraving in Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London, Strahan & Caddell, 1773. cf A-111-044. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 103 x 192 mm on sheet 119 x 198 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull. A cardboard mat for the engraving, discarded in the 1970s, bore an inscription ''Dancing at Otaheite' from Mrs Flaxman's collection, given to me in Oct 1910 by Frederick Rathbone, the Wedgwood dealer'

Date: 1873

By: Hackwood, William, -1839; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: Curios-029-001

Description: Manufactured by Wedgwood, modelling attributed to William Hackwood from a painting by artist Joseph Wright of Derby. Modelled by Hackwood after oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby 1770 (see Reilly, R Wedgwood: the portrait medallions (London, 1973)). Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Verso - On label: "Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). This portrait was made for his grandson Charles R Darwin, 1873" Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Cameo ; pottery (jasper ware), white on blue ; 145 x 110 mm (oval, sight) in black and gilt wooden frame 220 x 180 mm Provenance: Purchase by Alexander Turnbull from Frederick Rathbone, London, June 1916 (with a Wedgwood portrait of Solander). See McCormick, E. Alexander Turnbull (Wellington, 1974), p. 271 Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 2023. Previous reference: Curios-029-001. Previous title: [Hackwood, William] d 1839 :[Dr Erasmus Darwin] [1780?] ([Etruria, England ; Wedgwood] 1873).

Date: 1906

By: Hackwood, William, -1839; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Curios-029-003

Description: Silhouette bust, modelled by Hackwood from medal by Pingo, dated 1772 (see Reilly, R. Wedgwood: the portrait medallions (London, 1973). Supplied title Inscriptions: Verso - Impressed: Wedgwood Museum 1906 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Cameo, pottery (jasper ware), green on white, 53 mm (diam)

Date: 1790

By: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Curios-032-003

Description: Black ceramic with white relief figures showing scenes from Greek mythology, including Paris, son of King Priam of Troy on the base and the myth of Peleus and Thetis (or possibly Dido and Aeneas) on the sides of the vase. Allegedly one of the 37 black and white first edition Portland vases originally made by Josiah Wedgwood, copied from the blue and white glass vase (the Barberini vase or Portland vase) excavated at Pompeii and owned by various people, including Sir William Hamilton and the 4th Duke of Portland, and since 1945 part of the British Museum collection See article Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British Museum by Aileen Dawson held in the Curios shelf-list folder. All first edition copies are said to have a number pencilled inside the lip, but no number is visible in this copy, suggesting it may be a later copy Other Titles - The Barberini vase Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Baked jasperware, 255 mm (height) x 600 mm (circumference); bottom diameter 130 mm, top diameter 95 mm

Date: 1777

By: Hackwood, William, -1839

Reference: Curios-029-002

Description: Silhouette bust, modelled by Hackwood from a print and produced in at least 5 sizes (see Reilly R. Wedgood: the portrait medallions (London, 1973) Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Cameo ; pottery (jasper ware), white on green ; 54 mm (diam)

Date: 1895 - 1761 - 1905

By: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Freeman, Charles John, 1885-1963

Reference: Curios-029-005

Description: China teapot, Wedgwood design with ryming text of a Wesleyan hymn on both sides. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: 1 teapot, china, blue on white, 180 x 220 x 150 mm (includes lid)

Date: 1779 - 1782

From: [Flaxman, John] 1755-1826 :[Cameo portraits] [1770s & 1780s] ([Etruria, England] ; Wedgwood)

By: Flaxman, John, 1755-1826; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Sir), 1817-1911

Reference: Curios-023-001

Description: Silhouette portrait from original by Flaxman Supplied title. See shelf-list for details of provenance. Silhouette portraits from originals by Flaxman. For Cook portrait, compare Royal Society medal by Lewis Pingo 1779 Other Titles - Sir Joseph Banks Inscriptions: Verso - Subject's name impressed in banner on verso of each, with "Wedgwood" and mark (see Reilly, R. Wedgwood ; the portrait medallions (London, 1973) Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Pottery (jasper ware), white on black 113 x 87 mm (oval) in black and gilt wooden frame, 210 x 180 mm (oval) Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased by him from Frederick Rathbone, South Kensington, June 1912, along with the matching portrait of Lady Banks for £65 the pair. Previously in the collection of Sir Joseph Hooker.

Date: 1784

From: [Flaxman, John] 1755-1826 :[Cameo portraits] [1770s & 1780s] ([Etruria, England] ; Wedgwood)

By: Flaxman, John, 1755-1826; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons

Reference: Curios-022-001

Description: Silhouette portrait from original by Flaxman Supplied title. See shelf-list for details of provenance. Silhouette portraits from originals by Flaxman. For Cook portrait, compare Royal Society medal by Lewis Pingo 1779 Inscriptions: Verso - Subject's name impressed in banner on verso of each, with "Wedgwood" and mark (see Reilly, R. Wedgwood ; the portrait medallions (London, 1973) Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Pottery (jasper ware), white on black 113 x 87 mm (oval) in black and gilt wooden frame 210 x 180 mm (oval) Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased by him from Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1906? for £25. See McCormick, E. H. Alexander Turnbull, his life, his circle, his collections (Wellington, 1974), p. 219

Date: 1779 - 1780

By: Flaxman, John, 1755-1826; Darwin, William Erasmus, 1839-1914; Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Leigh-Wood, Joanna Elizabeth (Lady), 1870-1955; Rathbone, Frederick, active 1907-1915; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: G-681

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Captain James Cook. A unique surviving example of this Wedgwood portrait, of which seven were originally cast. Design cast by Flaxman after portrait by Hodges (cf. engraving held at B-085/002). One of original set of seven Inscriptions: Verso - Inscribed: Wedgwood & Bentley Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Jasper ware, blue and white 240 x 180 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander H. Turnbull from Frederick Rathbone, London, in 1913 for £25. It had previously been in the collection of William Erasmus Darwin. See McCormick, E. H , Alexander Turnbull (Wellington, 1974) p. 250. Inherited by Turnbull's sister Joanna, Lady Leigh-Wood and donated to her by the Library. For more detail, see "The Wedgwood Society newsletter", no 59 [1982], pages 3-4 (in Art Ephemera 1982). A H Turnbull bought the medallion from Frederick Rathbone in 1913. Rathbone had bought it at auction in London in 1907, sold it to William Erasmus Darwin, who then sold it back to him again in 1913. W E Darwin was the oldest son of Charles Darwin, a grandson of Josiah Wedgwood.

Date: 1779 - 1782

From: [Flaxman, John] 1755-1826 :[Cameo portraits] [1770s & 1780s] ([Etruria, England] ; Wedgwood)

By: Flaxman, John, 1755-1826; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Sir), 1817-1911

Reference: Curios-023-002

Description: Silhouette portrait from original by Flaxman Supplied title. See shelf-list for details of provenance. Silhouette portrait from original by Flaxman. Inscriptions: Verso - Subject's name impressed in banner on verso with "Wedgwood" and mark (see Reilly, R. Wedgwood ; the portrait medallions (London, 1973) Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Pottery (jasper ware), white on black 113 x 87 mm (oval) in black and gilt wooden frame 210 x 180 mm (oval) Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased by him from Frederick Rathbone, South Kensington, June 1912, along with the matching portrait of Sir Joseph Banks for £65 the pair. Previously in the collection of Sir Joseph Hooker.

Date: 1775

From: [Flaxman, John] 1755-1826 :[Cameo portraits] [1770s & 1780s] ([Etruria, England] ; Wedgwood)

By: Flaxman, John, 1755-1826; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Sir), 1817-1911

Reference: Curios-022-002

Description: Silhouette portrait of Solander, the Swedish-born botanist on James Cook's first voyage. Supplied title. See shelf-list for details of provenance. Silhouette portraits from originals by Flaxman. For Cook portrait, compare Royal Society medal by Lewis Pingo 1779 Inscriptions: Verso - Subject's name impressed in banner on verso of each, with "Wedgwood" and mark (see Reilly, R. Wedgwood ; the portrait medallions (London, 1973) Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Pottery (jasper ware), white on black 113 x 87 mm (oval) in black and gilt wooden frame, 210 x 180 mm (oval) Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased by him from Frederick Rathbone, South Kensington, June 1912 for £21. Previously in the collection of Sir Joseph Hooker. See McCormick, E. H. Alexander Turnbull, his life, his circle, his collections (Wellington, 1974), p. 250

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: B-131-04-020

Description: Designs for friezes and other repeating patterns. The paper has been cut out on one corner and torn across on another Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Gouache and pencil, 385 x 274 mm (irregular)