Wedgwood questions.

Does anyone know of these plaques? can anyone name these and give directional information about the age of the plaques, i found information on the stamp behind the poster.

Plaques will be may on sale some day.
Thank you.

Medusa, rare?

Athena? Minerva? Rare?

Dancing hours but why 5 woman??? Rare?

Them names of plaques i dont know..

Them names of plaques i dont know...

This is behind medusa.

 

@Bronwen will know about the characters depicted

 

Rhis is from Robin Reilly's book:
The first is Medusa, also called Gorgon's Head (from a design by Flaxman).
The second is Mercury
The Dancing hours you know.
?
The four cherubs are the four seasons
All I saw on the four plaques with three Putti each is Boys at Play

The five classical figures seem to me to have a musical theme. They might be Muses.

These do date to the 18th C, but stayed in production for a very long time. I don't know the date of your pieces.

Pieces like these might be framed in their own right, or they might have been incorporated into furniture.

The rectangular plaques sometimes show up on fireplace surrounds.

The 18th C Gorgon's Head shown in Reilly has the back scooped out to remove excess material. That may be an indication that yours is later.

Looking through Reilly is not an attempt to find these specific pieces, but only to find examples of the motifs. Once a motif is fashioned, they can pretty much be mixed and matched at will, so compositions and uses can vary.

 

Thank you, very much ☺️

 

You have already been given good info by MOS. There are at least 18 Dancing Hours figures designed by John Flaxman; they were a very versatile design:

https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/hours/wedgwood-hours

The panels below that are 4 Muses (Thalia, Polyhymnia, Clio & Melpomene) + their leader, Apollo, also I believe a Flaxman design.

The (Geniuses of the) Seasons you've been told.

The last 4 look inspired by the work of Flemish masters of ivory carving such as Duquesnoy.

You can explore this site; they also answer questions: http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/

 

Thank you.

 

Does any one know were i can sell the plaques? Ebay dont give possible. First seller need to set low price. I took the circle plaques is expensives then squares
If some one will say website, or if here is some one who wanna offer

 

There's an excellent Wedgwood Buy and Sell Facebook page.