Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1237.1.A-B: Vase with the Borghese Frieze Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Vase with the Borghese Frieze (Wedgwood)(Modelled by John de Vaere) , 1943.1237.1.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229896. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1237.1.A-B People Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 ) Modelled by John de Vaere Title Vase with the Borghese Frieze Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 1790 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229896 Physical Descriptions Medium Blue jasperware with figures and decoration in white relief Technique Jasperware Dimensions 46 x 23.8 cm (18 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks manufacturer's mark: impressed into base:: WEDGWOOD label: on base, white label handwritten in black ink:: 25 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold [through W. F. Cooper, New York, NY]; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1927, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1237.1.A-B Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Design of ten dancing figures after Bacchanalian frieze on the Borghese Vase; arabesque leafage and acanthus and lily borders; reed and fillet band on lip; lotus terminal on lid. Publication History Jean Gorely, "The Winthrop Collection", Old Wedgwood, Wellesley Press, Inc. (Wellesley, MA, 1943), no. 10, pp. 132-139, p. 137 Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 91, p. 36 Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 30, repr. Judith A. Neiswander, "Selections from the Ceramics Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University", Ars Ceramica, Wedgwood Society of New York (Bronx, NY, 1991), no. 8, p. 38, repr. as fig. 6 Exhibition History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
