15929993350001312637261000Standard Recordobject-11484170249436824517023849700001702494121150fitz-onlineadlib-object-11484https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/114841f70ba2c-49c6-3190-b560-e25f5ea6158610personreferenceagent-150796adlib-agent-150796ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994Cupidpersonreferenceagent-149742adlib-agent-1497421d4d164f-45d5-3cec-ad71-bbc83cea9b86womanpersonreferenceagent-149749adlib-agent-149749a26143f2-6dbe-3ee8-9e2d-863b9c1fa1f9childreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper warereferenceterm-107444adlib-term-107444571df7cf-e062-3968-ae5e-bec9d5a82f92C. B. MarlayWidthcm9.5PlinthReliefsreferenceterm-120097adlib-term-12009779732ed2-9ae0-32d9-88b8-b6e5339f4356moulding and appliedreferenceterm-110500adlib-term-1105006dc34c6c-d553-36b2-b489-9797a89deeeasociety/human lifeApplied ArtsJasper, solid pale blue with white reliefs and serpents. Shape 266C. Ovoid body with gently curving shoulders, slender neck, flaring mouth, and two high inward scrolling handles inter-twined with serpents, standing on a short stem and circular foot, on a square plinth. The sides of the plinth are decorated with a row white anthemions. The foot has a border of acanthus foliage, and a row of beading at the junction of the stem with the body, which has a calyx of laurel leaves. The body is decorated on one side with a small child beside a standing woman who is comforting another to the left, who has a small sheep beside her and Cupid and a ewer behind her. On the extreme left and right there is a tree. On the other side, there is a woman carrying an infant, with a small child, a ewer, and a cradle on the left, and a dragonfly over head. There is a laurel wreath on the shoulder, elongated anthemions and a band of guilloche round the neck, and beading round the rim.MAR.C.10-19121accession numberMAR.C.10-191211484priref11484urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11484https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11484on base of plinthimpressedWEDGWOODmarklozengeon base of plinthincisedmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumC.B. Marlay Bequestreferenceagent-149674adlib-agent-149674de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32bMarlay, Charles Brinsley191219121912bequeathed17831783CE1783circa1783180011800CE18001800factoryreferenceagent-143576adlib-agent-143576535626bd-0b17-316b-bbbf-3551cefd8265Wedgwoodattributed todesignerreferenceagent-152770adlib-agent-152770c57e011a-800d-31bf-b004-638541ffbcd5Templetown, Elizabeth, LadyDesign of reliefs, attributed to Lady Templetown (1747-1823).Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & ByerleyThe subject on one side is from the Maternity series attributed to Lady Elizabeth Templetown (1747-1823), who first supplied designs to Wedgwood in 1783, when Josiah Wedgwood wrote to her asking for more. See Documentation.This vase is Shape 266, in the Wedgwood Shape Book (54.30019 at Barlaston): 'Vase with Chariots in the/Clouds serpents round/. . handles.' Also in the Shape Book rebound 1916 with watermark of 1794, No. 266. Made in 15 inches at 42/6, 16 inches at 63/- bl. 126/- Jasper 14/4 63/- 105/- 11 jasp 63/- jasp 110/13 plain bisque 12/-, 15 15/- and large with holes for flowers 18/-. An illustration of the shape appears in the Wedgwood Catalogue . . . of 1787, class XVIII 'Vase with chariots in the/Clouds serpents round/handles'. The vase could be supplied with a base like MAR.C.11-1912.
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imagereferenceterm-107528adlib-term-107528faebcb95-d112-3092-a108-6ef52422726ctwo-handled vasevasehistory noteunknown before testator, Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912)1referenceobject-11604adlib-object-11604c847f429-e4f2-3cd2-8a71-4ed07f43305f1reference1term-107528adlib-term-107528faebcb95-d112-3092-a108-6ef52422726ctwo-handled vasetwo-handled vasereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. opposite p. 65, an illustration of blue and white jasper vase of similar form65referencepublication-1016adlib-publication-1016f2f7029d-ee4e-339d-95d4-d1be36597546Catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, bas-reliefs, busts, and small statutes; with a general account of tablets, vases, escritoires, and other ornamental and useful articles. The whole formed in different kinds of porcelain and terra-cotta, chiefly after the antique and the first models of modern artists. By Josiah Wedgwood FRS, potter to Her Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Duke of York and Albany. Sold at his rooms in Greek Str., Soho, London, and at his manufactory in Staffordshire.Ref. p. 270 for the subject of the relief270referencepublication-1017adlib-publication-1017eb6931f9-1367-3ef7-87d0-e63c7fe078f9The Selected Letters of Josiah WedgwoodRef. vol.1, pp. 604-05 for Lady Templetown's designs for Wedgwood604-5referencepublication-998adlib-publication-998b78305dd-313b-343d-b005-05a294d9dc50WedgwoodRef. pp. 420-1, for Lady Templetown's designs for Wedgwood420-1referencepublication-989adlib-publication-98982f5fd49-f1cd-3039-8aa9-a46ef3f93b0cWedgwood, The New Illustrated DictionaryRef. p. 41 under B 53, the appropriate letter whichWedgwood wrote to Lady Elizabeth Templetown is quoted from Wedgwood MS E.26-18958 in London, Victoria & Albert Museum41referencepublication-996adlib-publication-99649f3ca01-c66c-3397-a14b-3e3019a0ce72The Genius of WedgwoodRef. Shape 266 first appears in the oven books on 6 September 1783 as '266, 4 [blue & white jasper vases] snakes round handles 17 ins.', for this see, pp. 10-35, on p. 23, under fig. 24, an example decorated with Lady Templetown's Sacrifice to Peace.10-35referencepublication-200000478adlib-publication-20000047822efdf7e-00c0-3ae8-b221-bf7784d7da49Wedgwood's Oven BooksCf. Similar form with Venus in her Chariot drawn by Swans and Cupids watering Swans, London, RA, 12 April - 25 May 1980, Lord Leverhulme . . ., London, 1980, p. 142, no. 191; another with only the first relief, no. 192.p. 142referencepublication-1025adlib-publication-1025a1614267-5159-3a88-bea4-05cb014c1a4eLord LeverhulmeCf. A ewer of a different form in the British Museum, with the reliefs on the second side of the FWM vase, p. 52, fig. 39.p. 52referencepublication-983adlib-publication-9831c545f5a-e608-3ef1-9413-4da3a71abcd8Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British MuseumCf. Another with those reliefs, p. 118, colour pl. 98-9, and p. 240, no. 281.p. 118referencepublication-985adlib-publication-985a173a766-74f2-3d47-ad14-666e514e75e5Good European Ceramics, Glass and EnamelsCf. p. 109, lot 137 a comparable vase with different reliefs, marked WEDGWOOD. H. 40.3 cm. Dated to c. 1785. Estimate $4,000-6,000.109referencepublication-8729adlib-publication-87296f0888f7-c751-3bc5-a3de-28b746fb7d69Wedgwood & Beyond. English Ceramics from the Starr Collectionreferenceterm-9044adlib-term-904499dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763Neoclassicalanimalreferenceterm-106464adlib-term-1064649b682ada-9fbd-3810-953f-868aba7cfac1sheepanimalreferenceterm-107529adlib-term-107529d4c91a8a-bc18-3bb9-9ea2-a047ecc89f6adragonflyplantreferenceterm-4749adlib-term-4749134828f6-5031-3e4b-a59b-ab4a880538d6acanthusplantreferenceterm-107523adlib-term-107523083efb08-b78e-3ba4-b2b7-98b7667f2e9dlaurelliteralsheepsheepliteraldragonflydragonflyliteralacanthusacanthusliterallaurellaurelreferenceterm-107528adlib-term-107528faebcb95-d112-3092-a108-6ef52422726ctwo-handled vasetwo-handled vasejasper, solid pale blue with moulded and applied white reliefs and serpents.foot and plinth separatereferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingfoot and plinth separatereferenceterm-120082adlib-term-120082ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7ethrowingobject
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