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Pot Pourri vase depicting Apollo and the Nine Muses


Vase with perforated cover
Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
After: John Flaxman (English, 1755–1826)
English
about 1785–95
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Stoneware (Jasperware)
Dimensions 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson
Accession Number25.282a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryStoneware

DescriptionBlue jasper pot-pourri or bough vase with white sprigged decoration in white of figural groups of music and drama. Perforated lid.
Marks Wedgwood and V
ProvenanceBy 1894, Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson; 1925, bequest of Mrs. T. O. Richardson to the MFA.