Manufacturer:

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, British  Search this

Medium:

stoneware

Dimensions:

H x diam.: 27 × 18 cm (10 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Type:

ceramics

Decorative Arts

Vase

Object Name:

Vase

Made in:

Staffordshire, England

Date:

1850–1860

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Dark blue two-handled ovoid body with tapered neck and flared circular mouth; body decorated with low white running relief scene showing figures in classical garb set amongst a columned structure and landscape, copying the design of the Roman Portland Vase; bases of handles decorated with white masks; underside of vase decorated with white relief of man in Phrygian cap before a leafy tree branch.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson

Accession Number:

1915-30-1

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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