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Copy of the Portland Vase
Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
English
about 1790
Object Place: Europe, Staffordshire, England
Medium/Technique
Jasperware (colored stoneware)
Dimensions
25.4 X 21.5 cm (10 X 8 7/16 in)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes
Accession Number58.389
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBlack and white Jasper, slight chips on base. "copy No. 7.. the so-called Apsley Pellatt-Rickman copy" Black metal mirrored stand.
ProvenanceAccording to tradition, 1829, purchased from the Wedgwood factory by Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863), London; by 1875, Mr. Rickman; before 1956, Miss E. Fisher, [London ?]; October 30, 1956, Miss E. Fisher, et al. sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 91; Lloyd E. Hawes, Wellesley, MA; 1958, gift of Lloyd E. Hawes to MFA (Accession Date: April 10, 1958)