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War and Peace, ewer
(c. 1878)
Medium
stoneware (black jasper dip)
Measurements
63.8 × 30.9 × 25.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Norma Deutsher, Founder Benefactor 1996
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
impressed (inverted) in rim of base l.c.: WEDGWOOD
Accession Number
1996.494
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
The monumental ewer is decorated in white relief on black jasper with allegories of War and Peace, the ovoid body standing on a socle foot, the handle in the form of a winged female (Victory?) springing from a foliate mask at the shoulder, and with another mask below the spout, below which is a suspended trophy composed of a sword and a garland. War is shown as a winged woman wearing corselet and helmet and holding aloft two snakes. She is accompanied by armed putti, one bearing a palm branch and wreath. Peace is shown as a woman accompanied by putti and symbols of Abundance.