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Pot-pourri

WEDGWOOD, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)
Pot-pourri
 (c. 1785)

Medium
stoneware

Measurements
14.6 × 8.6 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024

Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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The form of this vase imitates an ancient Greek kalyx-krater, a deep bowl with a pedestal foot and tall loop handles that was used for mixing water and wine. The decoration and colour scheme reference Greek and south Italian red-figure vases, and the decoration on this vase was most likely taken directly from an ancient vase. Wedgwood has added the pierced domed cover to turn the vase into an elegant potpourri for a fashionable eighteenth-century interior.

Artwork Details

Accession Number
2024.373.a-b

Department
International Decorative Arts

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