Covered Vase (one of a pair) (c. 1850): Art, History and Details

Covered Vase (one of a pair) (c. 1850) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, est. 1759).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Wedgwood's tricolor jasperware first became popular in the 1770s during a period of fascination with neoclassical decoration. This vase was probably made around 1850 during the period when this type of decoration was revived. The relief medallions depict two versions of the Greek god Apollo, the god of music, next to his harp or lyre.

Object facts

• Title: Covered Vase (one of a pair)
• Date: c. 1850
• Creator attribution: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, est. 1759)
• Culture: England, Staffordshire
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: jasper ware with relief decoration
• Dimensions: Overall: 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1951.299

A detail from the museum

Signs of the zodiac form a decorative border around the upper portion of this vase.

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. John Sherwin

Further reading listed by the museum

• Foote, Helen. " A Gift of Wedgewood Ware." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 2 (February 1952): 26-28.

View the collection record

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