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Tripod incense burner

WEDGWOOD, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer)
Tripod incense burner
 (c. 1820)

Medium
stoneware (white jasper with green and lilac)

Measurements
(a-b) 13.0 × 12.7 × 12.1 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Norma Deutsher, Governor, 1993

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England

Inscription
(a) impressed (vertically) u.l.: WEDGWOOD

Accession Number
D23.a-b-1993

Department
International Decorative Arts

Physical description
Vessel with globular body supported by 3 dolphins on a shaped triangular base. White body has relief decoration in green and lilac. Has pierced cover and 3 small holes in the base.

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