About the Artwork
Potpourri Vase
ca. 1820
Wedgwood Pottery
established 1759
English
Unknown
Black basaltes, vitreous enamel
Overall: 9 7/8 × 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (25.1 × 24.1 × 19.7 cm) Overall (pot): 7 7/8 × 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (20 × 24.1 × 19.7 cm) Overall (interior lid): 9/16 × 4 7/16 inches (1.4 × 11.3 cm) Overall (cover): 2 3/4 × 5 5/16 inches (7 × 13.5 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Arthur Hilton Nixon
F1985.2.2
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Mark, impressed, on base, near edge: "WEDGWOOD" [comma mark]
Provenance
Arthur Hilton Nixon
1985-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Wedgwood Pottery, Potpourri Vase, ca. 1820, black basaltes, vitreous enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Arthur Hilton Nixon, F1985.2.2.
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