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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 Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE 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.