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Covered Vase with Women and Children at Sacrifice and Worship
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This vase, a pair with WAM 48.862, shows scenes of sacrifice to Pomona and Flora (the goddesses of fruits and flowers) probably designed by Lady Elizabeth Templeton and modelled by William Hackwood. Hackwood was first taken on at the Wedgwood Etruria factory in 1769, and worked for the firm for 63 years. He was mainly employed in adapting, re-modelling and finishing busts and bas reliefs, such as the ones that appear on these vases. Jasperware, which was inspired by Roman cameo glass, was a technique invented by Wedgwood which was perfected in 1775.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Collection of A. J. Crawford to 1908 or B. F. Bonaventure, New York, to 1911; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908 or 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, Etruria, Staffordshire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Vase with lid: H: 11 7/16 × W: 5 5/8 × D: 5 1/2 in. (29.1 × 14.3 × 14 cm); Vase only with handles: H: 10 5/16 × W: 5 5/8 × D: 5 1/2 in. (26.2 × 14.3 × 14 cm); Vase only without handles: H: 9 3/4 × W: 5 1/8 × D: 5 1/2 in. (24.7 × 13 × 14 cm); Lid H: 2 1/16 × Diam:3 1/8 in. (5.3 × 7.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Location in Museum
Hackerman House at 1 West Mount Vernon Place: First Floor: Library
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.861
