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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.81
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Title
Miniature Copy of the Portland Vase
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1905
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British, English
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/92349

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
10.48 x 6.99 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: under base, incised: WEDGWOOD; ENGLAND; H (for 1905)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edtih Sigourney Hall, Winchester, MA, gift [1]; to Anna Araxy Yeshilian, Watertown, MA, 1930, gift; to Fogg Art Museum,2 003.

[1] Anna was a young girl when she used to visit her family friend, Edith Sigourney Hall of Chelsea, MA (later Winchester), who gave her the vase after her husband's death.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Anna Araxy Yeshilian in memory of Edith Sigourney Hall
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.81
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A miniature blue jasper ware copy of the Portland vase, a Greco-Roman cameo glass amphora dating from the first century A.D., purchased by the Duke of Portland from Sir William Hamilton in 1786 and now in the British Museum. The bas-relief scenes decorating the vase are purported to depict the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (mother of Achilles).

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