Fruit cooler (one of a pair)

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

ca. 1790 · Creamware (glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This pair of fruit coolers by Wedgwood combines a delicate, lace-like pattern of pierced decoration with festoons, a popular feature in the neoclassical architectural decorations of the second half of the eighteenth century in England.

Artist

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

Date

ca. 1790

Medium

Creamware (glazed earthenware)

Culture

British, Etruria, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Partial and Promised Gift of Frances F. Bretter and Leo D. Bretter, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020