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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Vase

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of black basalt, with 'encaustic' painting in red, white and black. Made in imitation of a Greek bell-shaped crater of the fourth century B.C. Decorated with a figure of an actor dancing beside a column and with bands of conventional ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Black basalt (unglazed stoneware) with 'encaustic' painting
Brief description
Vase, black basalt with 'encaustic' painting of dancing female figure, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., England (Etruria), 19th century
Physical description
Vase of black basalt, with 'encaustic' painting in red, white and black. Made in imitation of a Greek bell-shaped crater of the fourth century B.C. Decorated with a figure of an actor dancing beside a column and with bands of conventional ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Diameter: 20.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'WEDGWOOD' (Impressed)
Gallery label
Vase made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, about 1790-1810 Mark: 'WEDGWOOD', impressed Black Basalt with encaustic decoration 2413-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection
Production
A late eighteenth century design.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • See Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information file
  • D'Hancarville, Pierre Antiquités étrusques, grecques et romaines Paris, 1787, Vol. 1, pl. 59.
Collection
Accession number
2413-1901

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Record createdNovember 7, 2005
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