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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Vase and Cover

1769-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase and cover of earthenware with mottled glaze and gilded, and with a basalt plinth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with mottled glaze and gilded, and with a basalt plinth
Brief description
Vase and cover of earthenware with mottled glaze and gilded, and with a basalt plinth, Wedgwood and Bentley, Etruria, 1769-1780.
Physical description
Vase and cover of earthenware with mottled glaze and gilded, and with a basalt plinth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Diameter: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY, ETRURIA' (Impressed on an applied circular label under the plinth)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • McKendrick, Neil. Josiah Wedgwood and the Commercialization of the Potteries. In: McKendrick, N, Brewer, J, and Plumb, J. H. The birth of a consumer society : the commercialization of eighteenth-century England. London : Europa Publications, 1982. 119 p.
  • Young, Hilary (ed.). The Genius of Wedgwood. London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1995 E2
Other number
Sch. II 454&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1124/&A-1885

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Record createdMay 7, 2009
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