IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 11480 accession number: C.16.1 & A-1911 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Jasper, solid pale blue with white reliefs. Ovoid with circular pedestal foot on square plinth, two vertical handles with grotesque masks below on each side of the shoulder, short curved neck with everted rim, and circular domed cover with ball finial and internal cylindrical stopper. The foot and stem are held together by a rod, disk and square nut. The plinth has a border of honeysuckle motifs. The edge of the foot is decorated with alternate acanthus and laurel leaves. The lower part of the vase has alternate stems and elliptical leaves. The sides are decorated with eight female figures holding hands, known as the Dancing Hours, between two raised horizontal bands. On the shoulder there are alternating acanthus leaves and anthemion between palm leaves. On the rim, ovals containing a plant. On the centre of the cover, radiating laurel leaves. title: vase NOTES ----- type: history note value: From the donor's cousin's collection, the late Francis Bedford, Esq. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs James Bedford STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11480 PEOPLE ------------------- The Dancing Hours SUBJECTS ------------------- honeysuckle acanthus laurel palm dancing honeysuckle acanthus laurel palm dancing CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1800 CREATORS -------- maker: Wedgwood maker: Flaxman, John DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 24.4 CITATIONS -------- Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum . . L'Antiquité expliqué et representée en figures A catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, busts, small statues, and bas-reliefs; with a general account of vases and other ornaments, after the antique, made by Wedgwood & Bentley, and sold at their rooms in Great Newport Street, London. Decorative Wedgwood in Architecture and Furniture Taste and the Antique. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900 Wedgwood John Flaxman, R.A. Dictionary of Wedgwood Good European Ceramics, Glass and Enamels Wedgwood, The New Illustrated Dictionary --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/mid_C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/preview_C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/mid_C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/preview_C_16_1_20_26_20A_1911_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels