Vase
ca. 1786 (made)
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Neale & Co. were the most skilled of Josiah Wedgwood's neighbouring factories. They made fine Jasper Ware that equalled in every way the products of Wedgwood. Although theoretically rivals, Neale was quite willing to supply Wedgwood with their wares to make up large orders.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Blue jasper ware with white jasper reliefs |
| Brief description | Flower vase and cover, blue Jasper with white sprigs emblematic of Art & Industry, Commerce, Liberty, and the 1786 Trade Treaty with France. Staffordshire, made by James Neale & Co. of Hanley, about 1786. |
| Physical description | Flower vase and cover of blue jasper ware, with white jasper reliefs. On the four sides are cupids in pairs symbolising Art & Industry, Commerce, the Anglo-French commercial treaty of 1786 and the proclamation of Liberty in France. The figures are in square panels with a vase of flowers on either side. Round the lower part is a border of pointed leaves and at the angles of the top rise curved acanthus leaves; the cover is pierced with quatrefoil and circular perforations and decorated with sprays of foliage. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'NEALE & CO.' (Impressed)
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Summary | Neale & Co. were the most skilled of Josiah Wedgwood's neighbouring factories. They made fine Jasper Ware that equalled in every way the products of Wedgwood. Although theoretically rivals, Neale was quite willing to supply Wedgwood with their wares to make up large orders. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
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| Accession number | 2496&A-1901 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2002 |
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