Lamp

Factory Josiah Wedgwood and Sons British

Factory owner Period of Josiah Wedgwood British

Decorator Decoration after a design by John Flaxman British

ca. 1780–1800

Not on view

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.

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Title: Lamp
Factory: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present)
Factory owner: Period of Josiah Wedgwood (British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
Decorator: Decoration after a design by John Flaxman (British, York 1755–1826 London)
Date: ca. 1780–1800
Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Medium: Caneware
Dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 × 5 × 3 1/4 in. (4.8 × 12.7 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Object Number: 11.202.3a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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