Yes, nymphs, nymphs, nymphs! If they're anywhere in my vicinity I will find them and I will bring them home and they will sit on my shelf and I will love them. All of them. Especially this gorgeous antique Jasperware planter example I scored last week-- my very first Wedgewood! For those unaware, Jasperware is a type of fine-grained, unglazed stoneware developed by Josiah Wedgewood waaaay back in England in the 1770's. It's known for its matte, bisque finish and the ability to be colored throughout the entire clay body, most recognizably in a rather unique pale blue and white. So here we have a lovely, long-haired, and very bare young lady about to take a dip into a flowing stream surrounded by flowers, cattails, and dive bombing dragonflies. I'm still not sure if I'll use this as an actual vase, though looking inside, it seems to have definitely been used as one in the past. It's all very old and very delicate, and I'm very, very happy that she's mine.
7 comments:
That is a high quality piece, a museum piece now in Karswell's Museum of the Magnificent, Magical, Marvelous and Macabre.
The bas-relief plant details on this are so nice. I like the hair a lot, too.
Just one more comment, I don't know how much you paid for this beautiful item, but it was worth every penny.
I hope you have a special place of honor for an item so beautiful and fragile as this. Perhaps there is a spot on one of your display cases to keep this beauty safe.
It’s only as safe as a home with one super psychotic cat can be, unfortunately! haha
The sculpt is great, both on the fine detail work on the hair and the more rough detail work on the water plants. The cloth is gorgeous, too.
Do you have any idea when this was actually produced? It belongs in a glass case. I would be scared of touching it.
I have yet to find another one online, but it matches the same nouveau styles from the early 1900’s.
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