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Vase, with cover
Vase, black basalt, urn-shaped body with spreading foot, bulbous lower body, cylindrical sides and flaring rim, to either side of the lower body twin loop handles, round domed cover with to the top a bud-shaped finial, around the foot-rim, lower body, lip-rim and the sides of the cover acanthus leaf patterns in various sizes, the exterior upper body decorated with applied classical figures and trees, applied foliage to the handles.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35867
Creation/Production
Wedgwood
Date: 18th century (late)
Acquisition
Gift, 18/3/1920
Given in memory of Fanny Logan Williams
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Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
Material
basalt
Location
In store
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