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Covered vase

Covered vase
 (c. 1785)

Medium
stoneware (blue jasper)
Measurements
(a-b) 26.8 × 18.7 × 12.3 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) impressed (vertically) in base c.r.: WEDGWOOD
Accession Number
1995.468.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Keith M. Deutsher, Founder Benefactor, 1995
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
Not on display
Physical description
Lidded ovoid vase with short outward-scrolling handles in white, decorated in relief with a figure group on one side, on the other a clump of trees with sheep. Frieze of acanthus and anthemion on the shoulder, stiff-leaf and dart pattern below the figures. Set on a square white jasper plinth with ovolo moulding.