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Flower container (Potpourri, vase or pastille burner)
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons
1805-1820
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (Maker)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
Museum Object Number
2000.0060 A- C
Credit Line/Donor
Anonymous gift to honor Leslie Greene Bowman
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Object Number
2000.0060 A- C
Object Name
Flower container (Potpourri, vase or pastille burner)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (Maker)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1805-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Impressed marks: a small circle, "( ", and "WEDGWOOD" in small capitals.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
7 (H) x 11 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17.78 (H) x 27.94 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 05//2016 Flowery Thoughts: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament at Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). 6-12.
• Published: p. 9, pls. 8 A&BArticle: Grigsby, Leslie B. 07//2015 Let's Vase It! Revisiting Once-Popular Flower Containers. Antiques and Fine Art. (Autumn 2015): 174-75.
• Published: p. 174, fig. 1Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Similar basalt vessel with different painted details, also marked "WEDGWOOD": Vol. 1, p. 94, fig. 99, , c. 1805-20Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Same form in variegated (moonlight) luster: vol. 2, col. pl. C81, c. 1815Book: Adams, Elizabeth Bryding. 1992 The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
• Same form in Wedgwood caneware with brown reliefs; rosso antico with black reliefs: cat. nos. 445, 448, c. 1815Article: Mallet, John V. G. 06/09/1966 Wedgwood's Early Vases: The Collection at Saltram House, Devon. Country Life. 1480-81.
• Encaustic Wedgwood basalt hydria and other ancient vase forms: p. 1481, figs. 3-4, c. 1770-1775