Lamp

Factory Josiah Wedgwood and Sons British
 Period of Josiah Wedgwood British
 Decoration after a design by John Flaxman British

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This vessel, in which an ancient oil lamp has been adapted, combines Josiah Wedgwood's pale can-colored ware with a relief in tawny jasperware, in imitation of ancient glyptic contrasts. The relief on the lid illustrates three Muses watering Pegasus, after a painting in the Tomb of the Nasonii outside Rome.

Lamp, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present), Caneware, British, Etruria, Staffordshire

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Lamp, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present), Caneware, British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Lamp, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present), Caneware, British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Lamp, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present), Caneware, British, Etruria, Staffordshire

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