Creator(s): Wedgwood (Manufacturer)
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
The vases have a bulbous center, a slender foot and a round lid. Around the center of each vase amid trees are classical figures. They carry instruments and may represent the nine muses. On each cover is a seated classical figure probably Apollo. Below the classical figures is a row of classical symbols and below these is a row of leaves. The vases stand on a round pedestal foot. About the square base is a row of acroteria.
- Made from:
- Blue jasperware
- Made in:
- Etruria, England
- Date made:
- 1795-1800
- Size:
- 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.19.3-4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: WEDGWOOD (stamp)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973