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Flower container (Vase or urn)
Wedgwood - Etruria Works
1787-1795
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (jasperware)
Museum Object Number
1997.0014
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle and the Centenary Fund
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Object Number
1997.0014
Object Name
Flower container (Vase or urn)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1787-1795
Subject(s)
- Mythological
Materials
- Stoneware (jasperware)
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
14.094 (H) x 5.984 (W) x 5.748 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
35.8 (H) x 15.2 (W) x 14.6 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Width measurement is from handle to handle
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: p. 178, pl. 22Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 03//2012 Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition. County Lines Magazine. XXXV (7): 38-43.
• Published: p. 40Article: Edwards, Diana. 2019 Wedgwood's Paris Agents: Dominique Daguerre and Henry Sykes. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 30: 1-19.
• Same form blue and white jasper vase (Wedgwood Vase shape No. 266) with different relief details: p. 2, no. 3, "the most popularly produced jasper vase in the Wedgwood list and frontispiece of the 1787 Trade Catalogue; purchased by the King of Naples, and the Philadelphia dealer John Bringhurst, c. 1787-93."Chapter: Edwards, Diana. Whose Body? English Dry-bodied Stoneware. Article: Fairclough, Oliver. 2018 A Taste for the Antique: The Neo-classical Style and Ceramics in England c. 1770-c. 1800. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 67-82. 25-36.
• Same remarks and vase as above (Edwards, Wedgwood's Paris Agents).Article: Johnson, Harwood A. & Edwards, Diana. 01//1994 Ornamental Wares in Philadelphia in 1793. Antiques. 167-73.
• Same form vase (but with Muses) in 1793 Philadelphia order: p. 171, col. pl. XI, order from merchant John Bringhurst to Wedgwood. Shape 266 in Wedgwood shape book.Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Creamware and jasperware snake-handled vases: p. 310-11, no. 390 (creamware, c. 1785-7); pls. 991 and col. pl. C181 (jasperware)Book: Lewis, John & Lewis, Griselda. 1984 Pratt Ware: English and Scottish relief decorated and underglaze colored earthenware 1780-1840.
• Creamware version of vase: p. 202, with Lady Templeton design "Offering of Peace", c. 1785Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 1998 English Dry-Bodied Stoneware: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers 1774-1830.
• Snake-handled vase with motifs entitled "Maternal Love" and "Childhood" (c. 1786-93): p. 20, col. pl. 16.Book: McCormick, Heather Jane & Ottomeyer, Hans. 2004 Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe.
• Pair of blue jasperware snake handlke vases with different relief scenes: pp. 94-95, no. 40, Wedgwood,, c. 1787, with history of form.Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Green jasper dip version of same urn and base with "Sacrifice to Cupid" reliefs: vol. 1, p. 650, no. 991, c. 1790. For other "Apollo and Muses" jasperware, see pp. 646-48.