15929993350001312637261000Standard Recordobject-11482170206269914315826327400001702062268409fitz-onlineadlib-object-11482https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11482d7cd2e62-a3ac-3954-a585-1f45125270784personreferenceagent-152793adlib-agent-152793421fe995-2ec2-3899-b254-6acc614b69a2Uraniapersonreferenceagent-152792adlib-agent-152792b4c922b0-56c7-344a-8192-407919e3d21eMelpomenepersonreferenceagent-152791adlib-agent-15279158c48be8-6b43-3868-99da-cf05ac71d364Thaliareferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewareReliefsreferenceterm-115812adlib-term-1158125ff69ea6-7a8e-307d-89e3-0a960ba42e8aapplyingreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-1111adlib-term-111146c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09mythologyApplied ArtsJasper, white with pale blue dip on the upper surface, and white reliefs. Rectangular with cut corners, shallow curved sides and outward sloping edge. Decorated in the centre with a motif comprising paired narrow serrated leaves flanking anthemion facing upwards and another pair facing downwards. On the left is a figures of Urania, Muse of Astronomy, and on the right a figure of Melpomene, the Tragic Muse. Round the edge there is a border of paired laurel leaves and berries.C.17-19111accession numberC.17-191111482priref11482urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11482https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11482on the baseimpressedWEDGWOODmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs James Bedfordreferenceagent-157626adlib-agent-15762672fb8811-187e-3cd0-97fe-a7d7e31106f6Bedford, James, Mrs191119111911-02-10givenEntry date: 1911-02-10185018501850circa185019001190019001900factoryreferenceagent-166133adlib-agent-166133ff744cb8-7ff0-3cc6-86bf-ef4c533b1c4fJosiah Wedgwood & SonsAnother set of Muses was ordered from Flaxman senior and Terpsichore, Melpomene, Thalia and Euterpe were invoiced on 3.1.1775. In 1777 the remaining Muses were ordered, but Wedgwood later asked Bentley to cancel the order if possible. Nevertheless they are usually attributed to Flaxman Senior or Junior.Urania the Muse of Astronomy is represented with a globe and a staff for indicating the course of the stars. The figure was was part of a set of Muses possibly modelled by Giuseppe Angelini (1742-1811), who was paid for a set of nine Muses in 1789.referenceterm-118652adlib-term-1186525a255bf0-199c-337e-ae02-4096e18f0ccf19th Century, second half#referenceterm-120127adlib-term-120127ee2ddbd4-503c-30f5-8cf9-3c2d121bd315Victoria Ireferenceterm-113623adlib-term-11362387ef9eaf-54a8-3838-8337-94dbf03aad62literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionEtruriauncertainreferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper wareLengthcm26.5Widthcm19.8referencemedia-11491adlib-media-11491079e4f17-08a8-3dcc-a5c1-1b9459f2465fjpegaa/aa4/C_17_1911.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162395326411imagejpegaa/aa4/mid_C_17_1911.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162395326411imagejpegaa/aa4/C_17_1911.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162395326411imagejpegaa/aa4/preview_C_17_1911.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162395326411image0media
imagereferenceterm-89196adlib-term-89196daa8a4b5-42b3-3b6b-bbb3-b5e1703fc2c4trayhistory noteFrom the donor's cousin's collection, the late Francis Bedford, Esq.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-1023adlib-publication-102311603f0e-6ffd-3507-af16-ef0c575e3265Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassicher Altertümer in RomRef. Melpomene, ill. pl. 53 on a vase, after a painting of a statue from Pompei, now in the Louvre p. 153, pl. 4p. 153referencepublication-98adlib-publication-9877fa4c71-321a-3442-98af-cc6ea470ada0Répertoire de PeinturesRef. Urania is represented with a globe and a staff for indicating the course of the stars. See, pp. 86-7; p. 86, no. 8, the source on p. 87, the Sarcophagus of the Muses.pp. 86-7referencepublication-1024adlib-publication-1024577d6199-f692-31d8-ac80-c95e3081fdefClassical Wedgwood DesignsRef. For discussion of the two sets of Muses, see pp. 109-10. See Urania on a bulb pot, of c. 1790, p. 109, colour pl. 86, p. 259, lot. 371.pp. 109-10referencepublication-985adlib-publication-985a173a766-74f2-3d47-ad14-666e514e75e5Good European Ceramics, Glass and EnamelsRef. pp. 289-90, where the set attributed to Flaxman is illustrated on a pair of Wedgwood & Bentley tablets, p. 189. The other set is illustrated on a pair of vases of c. 1880, p. 290. The latter is the set from which the figures on the tray come.pp. 289-90referencepublication-989adlib-publication-98982f5fd49-f1cd-3039-8aa9-a46ef3f93b0cWedgwood, The New Illustrated DictionaryCf. p. 7 Melpomene and p. 8 Urania6-8referencepublication-200002331adlib-publication-2000023319631b56b-c816-3f31-9c2d-e828bdbf934fApollo and the Nine Musesreferenceterm-9044adlib-term-904499dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763Neoclassicalplantreferenceterm-107523adlib-term-107523083efb08-b78e-3ba4-b2b7-98b7667f2e9dlaurelplantreferenceterm-30739adlib-term-307399c440c7d-d779-3572-87e1-c02401f041c1berriesliterallaurellaurelliteralberriesberriesreferenceterm-89196adlib-term-89196daa8a4b5-42b3-3b6b-bbb3-b5e1703fc2c4traytrayJasper, white with pale blue dip on the upper surface, and white reliefsreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingobject
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