Cover
Wedgwood
Category
Ceramics
Date
1777 - 1938
Materials
Basaltware, Gilt
Measurements
38.0 cm (H)31.0 cm (Length)16.5 cm (D)
Place of origin
Etruria
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530393.2
Summary
Cover, part of a vase and cover, black-basalt with gilded decoration, oval swan-handled vase with vermicular pattern, mounted on the back of two winged sphinxes, on a rectangular base with Greek key border. Designed by Wedgwood, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, about 1777, shape no.140 'Brainstone' vase, this version made before 1938.
Makers and roles
Wedgwood, maker