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Ewer Sacred to Bacchus
Wedgwood
(Factory)
Flaxman, John, Sr.
(Designer)
Black basalt, moulded. Of antique ewer form standing on square plinth. The ewer for wine (B) is decorated with a satyr seated on the shoulder holding the neck, a goat's head on the shoulder at the front, and on each side, a swag of fruiting vine. The plinth is decorated with panels of interlacing branches. The plinth, foot and vase is held together by a rod, disk, and nut. A pair with MAR.C.1A-1912.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Base: 11x11.2 cm
Height: 40.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1850
CE
John Flaxman Senior (1726-95) provided designs and plaster models for the ewers and invoiced Josiah Wedgwood in 1775 for 'A pair of Vases, one with a satyr & the other with a Triton Handle £3.3s.' (Wedgwood Archives, University of Keele, L1-204). The plasters are in the Wedgwood Archives.
The design probably originated in a pair of plaster vases, one decorated with a triton and one with a satyr, symbolizing water and wine, exhibited at the Académie de Saint-Luc in Paris in 1774 by Sigisbert-François Michel (1728-1811), nephew of Claude Michel, known as Clodion (1738-1814). See Documentation.
The ewers were no. 236 in the Wedgwood Shape Book (54.30019) where they were described as 'Marine & Satyr Handles & Ewer Sacred/to Neptune & Bacchus'. They are also in the Shape Book water-marked 1794 rebound in 1916. They sold at 42/- ( 2 guineas) in black and 105/- (5 guineas) in jasper. They were still in production in 1878, when included in The Wedgwood Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Shapes 1878.
Moulding : Black basalt, moulded. The plinth, foot and vase is held together by a rod, disk and nut.
Accession number: MAR.C.1B-1912
Primary reference Number: 11148
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: MAR.C.1A-1912
Accession Number: C.112-2010
Accession Number: C.238-1961
Accession Number: O.59-1946
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