vase

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Object Type
Museum number: 1887,0307,K.25.b
Description: Vase; one of a pair; with pierced cover; blue jasper dip with white reliefs; oviform body, short neck, small stem and spreading foot; pair of scroll handles with stems continued down the sides to the foot; subject Apollo crowning a kneeling girl; and Cupid and two maids; leaf and ear pattern on lower part of body, laurel and acanthus bands; athemion band on plinth. Marked.
Producer name: Made by: William Adams; Manner/Style of: Josiah Wedgwood I
Production date: 1787-1820 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Stoke-on-Trent (near); Made in: Tunstall (Staffordshire)
Materials
Ware
Technique: relief; dipped; pierced
Dimensions: Diameter: 4.60 inches (with handles); Height: 8 inches
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: leaf; myth/legend; classical deity; child
Associated names: Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,K.25.b
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1887,0307,K.25

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