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Vase Depicting a Seated Hercules

Josiah Wedgwood (English, 1730-1795) (Manufacturer)
ca. 1800 (Neo-classical)
Stoneware (encaustic-decorated black basalt ware)
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Josiah Wedgwood developed this black ware painted with matt colors to imitate ancient Greek, red-figure pottery. Known at the time as "painted Etruscans," these ceramics were widely collected as examples of the "archaeological" taste that prevailed during the first half of the 19th century.

Inscription

[Manufacturer's Mark] impressed on underside of foot: WEDGWOOD; [Retailer's Mark] round paper label affixed to underside of foot, printed text: SOLD / by / JON’N PHILLIPS. / — 359 — / Oxford Street, / LONDON.; [Exhibition Label] rectangular label affixed to underside of foot, printed text: 1977 WEDGWOOD SEMINAR / Henry Ford Museum

Provenance
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Muriel Polikoff, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1990.

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Geographies

United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)

Measurements

7 1/2 x 6 in. (19.05 x 15.24 cm) (h. x diam.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, 1990

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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48.2638

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