Paint Box
1785-1790 (made)
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The Wedgwood company catered for all needs and even manufactured compact paint boxes, complete with a palette and small paint pots, to assist 18th-century ladies in their artistic pursuits. Josiah Wedgwood’s innovative Jasper clay could be intricately modelled to suit designs in the popular Neo-classical style, as seen in the delicate reliefwork adorning this paint box.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 16 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | jasperware |
| Brief description | Paint box, jasperware with white applied reliefs, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria, 1785-1790 |
| Physical description | Oval paintbox in blue jasperware, with white classical reliefs of cupids around the outside of the box. Lid of paintbox, blue jasperware with white reliefs, decorated with a leaf border around the outside and a central flower motif around a lotus-shaped finial. Contains jasperware paint palette, and flat holder with 12 holes to hold a set of 12 paint cups. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'WEDGWOOD' (Impressed on base of box) |
| Credit line | V&A Wedgwood Collection. Presented by Art Fund with major support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, private donations and a public appeal. |
| Object history | Presented by Mr. K Gray, July 1941. |
| Summary | The Wedgwood company catered for all needs and even manufactured compact paint boxes, complete with a palette and small paint pots, to assist 18th-century ladies in their artistic pursuits. Josiah Wedgwood’s innovative Jasper clay could be intricately modelled to suit designs in the popular Neo-classical style, as seen in the delicate reliefwork adorning this paint box. |
| Other number | 5013 - Wedgwood Museum Accession Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | WE.8303-2014 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2022 |
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