URN
Creator(s): Wedgwood (Manufacturer)
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
The shape of the vase is derived from a classical model. The ground color is blue. It has snakes curled around the two handles which curl onto the upper rim of the vase. There is a row of beads around the upper rim. It sits on a rectangular base. About the neck is a row of inverted acanthus leaves. About the shoulder is a row of laurel leaves. On the front is a classical scene and on the back several female figures with Cupid. Around the rectangular base is a row of acroteria in white. It has a pedestal foot.
- Object name:
- URN
- Made from:
- Jasperware
- Made in:
- Etruria, England
- Date made:
- c. 1787
- Size:
- 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.20
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; LABEL on bottom: WEDGWOOD (stamp); on bottom paper sticker: Art Treasures Exhibition 1928
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973