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Josiah Wedgwood Memorial Institute (sculpture)
at Burslem
Wedgwood Institute Index

Detail on the May panels
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April 

On the upper storey a series of twelve terracotta panels
set in arcading illustrate the months of the year,
and above them mosaic signs of the zodiac.

This is the panel for April
with the zodiac sign Taurus

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detail of the mosaic for the zodiac sign Taurus

 

detail of the terracotta panel for April
depicting a young woman awakening - as the plants spring to life and grow

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Between the storeys are ten relief terracotta panels which depict the processes involved in the manufacture of pottery.

this is the panel beneath April
the potter throwing a vase on a wheel