Object Detail
Description
urn neoclassical urn vase of elongated ovoid form tapering at the base to a thin stem, spreading foot and square plinth base. At the shoulder, a flat ledge onto which two looped upright handles are applied and from which a short neck sprouts to an everted, gadrooned rim.
Beneath the shoulder a 25 mm border frieze depicting the twelve signs of the zodiac in compartments separated by pairs of inverted husks. Beneath this frieze, a series of six paterae from which are suspended swags of flowers. two oval reserves feature classical figures (Apollo and a theatrical Muse);
twelve palm leaves radiate from the top of the stem which is beaded at the top. The rim of the foot features egg and dart-type decoration; each of the four sides of the plinth base are applied with eight-petalled florets flanked with anthemions.
Beneath the shoulder a 25 mm border frieze depicting the twelve signs of the zodiac in compartments separated by pairs of inverted husks. Beneath this frieze, a series of six paterae from which are suspended swags of flowers. two oval reserves feature classical figures (Apollo and a theatrical Muse);
twelve palm leaves radiate from the top of the stem which is beaded at the top. The rim of the foot features egg and dart-type decoration; each of the four sides of the plinth base are applied with eight-petalled florets flanked with anthemions.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (English, estab. 1759)
Production place
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Production date
1879
Media description
black basalt
Measurements
241 x 84 mm
Inscriptions
Impressed marked "Wedgwood", "H" and "9" beneath base and "Wedgwood", "H" and "8" beneath the stem.
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0306
TJC reference number
363