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Portland Vase
Author
Title
Portland Vase
Production
Burslem, Staffordshire, England, 1845.
Physical Description
1 jug : white and lavender relief-molded parian stoneware ; 24 cm high (including handle) x 13 cm in diameter (17 cm including handle)
Medium
ceramic (material)
molding (forming)
Notes
Without a metal lid.
Title and date from Hughes's Collector's guide.
Summary
This jug is a copy of the first-century Portland Vase made of cameo glass. It is decorated with classical figures standing and in repose.
Format
Other
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 11, 2021
References
Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 56
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Jugs (vessels)
Stoneware (pottery)
Ceramic (material)
Molding (forming)
Parian (porcelain, material)
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