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Wedgwood, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)
Pot-pourri (c. 1785)
stoneware
14.6 × 8.6 cm diameter
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Pot-pourri
(c. 1785)
Medium
stoneware
Measurements
14.6 × 8.6 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The form of this vase imitates an ancient Greek kalyx-krater, a deep bowl with a pedestal foot and tall loop handles that was used for mixing water and wine. The decoration and colour scheme reference Greek and south Italian red-figure vases, and the decoration on this vase was most likely taken directly from an ancient vase. Wedgwood has added the pierced domed cover to turn the vase into an elegant potpourri for a fashionable eighteenth-century interior.