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Vase

Vase
(c. 1888)

Medium
stoneware

Measurements
33.4 × 21.1 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1889

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England

Inscription
impressed in base l.c.: (semicircle) / (semicircle) WEDGWOOD
incised in base l.c.: S.628

Accession Number
249-D1M

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 design of leaves and flowers is executed in gilded raised paste, different shades of gold are used against a black ground. Details pale red glaze. Shape influenced by Japanese ceramics.