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

 

detail of the corner façade
[back to the November panels]

 

December 

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 December
with the zodiac sign Capricorn  

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detail of the mosaic for the zodiac sign Capricorn 

 

detail of the terracotta panel for December
depicting an old man - warming his hands by the fire

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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 December
the vases are being hand painted