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Vase
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Vase
- Place of origin:
Etruria, England (made)
- Date:
late 18th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Wedgwood (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Black basalt with 'encaustic' painting
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
2414-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 12, shelf 2
Physical description
Vase of black basalt with 'encaustic' painting in red, white and black. Made in imitation of a Greek amphora of the fifth century B.C. On the front are figures of two ladies, one with a mirror in her hand leaning against a column, the other holding a thyrsus; round the rim, the bottom of the neck, the lower part of the body and the foot are bands of conventional ornament.
Place of Origin
Etruria, England (made)
Date
late 18th century (made)
Artist/maker
Wedgwood (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Black basalt with 'encaustic' painting
Marks and inscriptions
'WEDGWOOD' and 'o'
'439'
Dimensions
Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
Descriptive line
Vase, black basalt with 'encaustic' painting, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., Etruria, Staffordshire, late 18th century
Materials
Stoneware
Techniques
Encaustic painting
Subjects depicted
Figures; Thyrsus
Categories
Ceramics; Stoneware
Collection code
CER
