Pedestal
ca. 1813 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Pedestal of biscuit porcelain with a high frieze relief and blue ground. With the Triumph of Amphitrite and the Toilet of Venus.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Biscuit porcelain with high frieze relief |
| Brief description | Pedestal of biscuit porcelain with a high frieze relief, Sèvres porcelain factory, Paris, ca. 1813 |
| Physical description | Pedestal of biscuit porcelain with a high frieze relief and blue ground. With the Triumph of Amphitrite and the Toilet of Venus. |
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| Gallery label | PAIR OF
PEDESTALS
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
Manufacturers
Paris (Sèvres): about 1813
Biscuit porcelain
with high relief frieze
and blue ground
395 & a-1874
Josiah Wedgwood perfected his jasper-ware in 1775, first colouring the clay with cobalt and afterwards washing the surface to give a contrasting blue background to white reliefs. In 1785, and probably earlier, the Sèvres factory produced similar vases. Few examples are known, but they are of high quality. These pedestals, bought in 1874 from the Barker Collection, are probably of about the same date as the vase shown nearby. One shows the Triumph of Amphritrite and the Toilet of Venus, and the other Diana hunting and Diana surprised by Actaeon. |
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| Associated object | 395-1874 (Object) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 395A-1874 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2009 |
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