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""Sacred to Bacchus" Wine Ewer with a Satyr Handle (Wedgwood)(Designed by John Flaxman, Sr.) , 1943.1230.B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229709.
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Both vessels have fluted bases on low blocks. They widen into platforms upon which figures crouch with their arms wrapped around spouts, their heads in holes where the handle and spout join. There is an animal’s face on the front edge of each platform. The left vase has a leaf garland, the figure has scaled tentacles, and the animal seems to be a seal with long hair that the figure holds like reins. The left vessel has a grapevine garland, the figure has furred legs, and the animal in front has horns that are held by the figure.