3-043-822 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Cabinet and porcelain given to the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P., 1872. '...presentation of a testimonial from the Staffordshire Potteries' district to the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P...Messrs. Minton and Co., Messrs. Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, and Messrs. Copeland and Sons [were commissioned] to produce a collection of ceramics which should worthily represent the art-industry of the district...The collection is inclosed in a beautiful carved cabinet, designed by Mr. F. W. Moody, and executed by Mr. Brangan. Messrs. Minton have supplied the principal object...an original ovoid vase, treated in the Louis XVI. style...The principal feature of the decoration is an oval medallion, on which the painter has depicted, in an allegorical form, the chief effects of Mr. Bright's oratorical powers, and his participation in the chief political movements of his time...The figures on the medallion were painted by Mr. Boullemier, and the flowers by Mr. Masaill, while the gilding was executed by Mr. Aaron Simpson. On each side...stand a pair of Sevres-shaped jardinieres in celadon Parian. The panels...are decorated in the pâte-sur-pâte process, by Mr. Solon'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.