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Terracotta Flower vase - 1775
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Terracotta Flower vase
This terracotta flower vase is made from white terra cotta which has been engine-turned. It has been further decorated with bands of mottled slip to give the effect of stone.
This terracotta flower vase is made from white terra cotta which has been engine-turned. It has been further decorated with bands of mottled slip to give the effect of stone.
- Type of object: Ornamental ware/vase
- Mark: WEDGWOOD [Impressed] 4 [Impressed]
- Year first produced: 1775
- Body: White terra cotta
- Material: Ceramic
- Decoration: Blended agate, engine-turned
- Accession number: 1173, 1173a
- Dimensions: 205 mm (height), 110 mm (diameter)
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Wedgwood announced his intention of becoming, ‘Vase Maker General to the Universe' in a letter to Bentley on 1st May 1769. His vases were enormously successful when they were first shown in the London Showrooms. It was reported in May 1769 that, ‘There was no getting to the door for Coaches, nor into the rooms for Ladies and Gent.n. & ... Vases was all the cry'.
