vase; bulb-vase

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Object Type: vase; bulb-vase
Museum number: 1909,1201.14
Description: Bulb-vases with covers, pair, jasper, coloured blue, each with a detachable lid fitting on to a ledge inside the vase. Applied leaves decorating the lower part of the body and the foot conceal the join of the two parts. The top imitates rockery and is ornamented with applied flowers in white jasper ware. Three bulb holders fit into three shaped holes in the lid. The body is decorated with applied moulded reliefs of the Muses: on one side from left to right are Euterpe, with her double flute (lyric poetry), Clio holding a scroll (history) and Erato shown with a lyre (erotic poetry and mime); and on the other are Polyhymnia shown in a pensive attitude (sublime hymn), Terpischore with a lyre (dance and song) and Calliope with a tablet (epic poetry). Marked.
Producer name: Designed by: John Flaxman (1754-1826); Factory of: Wedgwood (under Wedgwood, Josiah I)
Production date: 1785 (circa)
Production place: Factory in: Etruria (England)
Materials
Ware
Technique: moulded; applied; relief
Dimensions: Height: 8.70 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Dawson 1984 / Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British Museum (p. 53, fig. 40); Reilly 1989 / Wedgwood (I, p. 647, fig. 985) (one only)
Location: On display (G47/dc1)
Subjects: myth/legend; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Euterpe; Representation of: Clio; Representation of: Erato; Representation of: Polyhymnia; Representation of: Calliope; Representation of: Terpsichore; Representation of: Muses
Acquisition name: Donated by: Isaac Falcke; Donated by: Mrs Mary Anne Falcke
Acquisition date: 1909
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1909,1201.14

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