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Virgil vase
Medium
stoneware (black jasper dip)
Measurements
(a-c) 79.9 × 28.8 cm diameter (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) impressed in base l.c.: WEDGWOOD
(c) impressed (inverted) in base l.c.: WEDGWOOD / T
Accession Number
D21.a-c-1994
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Norma Deutsher, Governor, 1994
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Ovoid footed with snake handles arising from Medusa masks. Decorated with scene of young poet, Virgil, with a scroll in his hand, standing between two women. Above, two winged Victory figures offer crowns.