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Two-Handled Vase (Pelike)
Attributed to: Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley (active 1768–1780)
English (Staffordshire)
about 1770
Medium/Technique
Stoneware (“basalt”) with enamel and slip ("encaustic") decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 18.4 x 12.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (7 1/4 x 5 x 4 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Rowland Burdon-Muller Fund
Accession Number2011.2007
CollectionsEurope
ProvenanceBefore 1960, probably purchased in New York by William Jacobson (b. 1920 – d. 1967), Brooklyn, NY; 1967, by inheritance to his brother, Herman Jacobson (d. 1980), Brookline, MA; 1980, by inheritance to his son, Kenneth Jacobson, Hadley, MA; 2011, sold by Kenneth Jacobson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 21, 2011)