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Factory: Wedgwood & Bentley
Black basalt. Oviform with curved neck and two reeded handles, standing on square plinth. The vase is decorated on the neck with engine-turned stripes, with swags of drapery looped up to rings applied in relief, and with an applied oval medallion on one side. The medallion is of two men and a boy or small man. The plinth is decorated with narrow panels containing oval depressions linked by straps over darts. The parts are held together by a rod and nut.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 26.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1769
CE
-
1780
CE
Body
Medallion
Neck Decoration
Plinth
Swags
Red dry-bodied stoneware
Black basalt
Accession number: MAR.C.2.1 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 11149
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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