- Museum number
- 1786,0527.1
- Title
- Object: The Pegasus Vase
- Description
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Vase made of pale blue jasper ware with applied white reliefs; oviform body flattened on the shoulders; domed cover with figure of Pegasus on top resting on a pale blue cloud; on one side the crowning of a poet, and on the other an altar, palm tree, Athene in temple, and vases; olive wreath on neck of vase; honeysuckle and other ornaments on lower part; handles, in the form of two serpents disputing an egg, springing from Gorgon masks; square plinth with meander on the sides. Marked.
- Production date
- 1786 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10.80 inches (with handles)
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Height: 18 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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1989, Reilly, R. Wedgwood, 644-6, 680.
1984, Dawson, A. 'Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British Museum', 102-111.
1979, London, RA, Bindman, David (ed.), 'John Flaxman, R.A', p. 56-7.
1979, Copenhagen, 'Flaxman: Mytologi og industri', 7.
1979, Munich, 'John Flaxman: Mythologie und Industrie', 76.
1965, Kelly, A. ' Decorative Wedgwood, in Architecture and Furniture, Country Life, 62-4.
1968, Scheidemantel, V. J. 'The "Apotheosis of Homer": a Wedgwood and Bentley plaque. In Antje Kosegarten and Peter Tigler (eds) Festschrift Ulrich Middledorf, 517-22 and 224-5.
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Dawson 1984
The scene on this vase represents the 'Apotheosis of Homer', or the crowning of a kitharist, copied from Hamilton's 'Antiquities'.
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See G&R registration no. 1772,0320.26 for the calyx-krater which was used as inspiration for the design on this vase.
- Location
- On display (G47/dc2)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1995 7 Jun-17 Sep, London, V&A, The Genius of Mr. Wedgwood
1979 20 Apr- 3 June, Hamburg, Kunsthalle, 'John Flaxman: Mythologie und Industrie', no. 32b
1979 28 June-30 Sep, Copenhagen Thorwaldsen Museum, 'Flaxman', no. 32b
1979 26 Oct-9 Dec, London, Royal Academy, 'Flaxman', no. 32b
1978, 21 March-24 Sep, London, Science Museum, 'Josiah Wedgwood: the Arts and Sciences United', no.
- Acquisition date
- 1786
- Acquisition notes
- The vase was not registered when acquired by the Museum, so the reg.no is taken from the Trustees' minutes.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1786,0527.1