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Call Number:

PH-02298

Collection Name:

Catalogue of a Collection of Plaques, Medallions, Vases, Figures, &c, in Coloured Jasper and Basalte...

No. of Items:

32 items

Span Dates:

1901

Description:

Published book by Arthur Sanderson, entitled Catalogue of a Collection of Plaques, Medallions, Vases, Figures, &c, in Coloured Jasper and Basalte: produced by Josiah Wedgwood, F.S.R., at Etruria, in the county of Stafford: 1760-1795.... (Edinburgh: Printed for private circulation by T. and A. Constable, University Press, 1901), containing 32 mounted photolithographs. Caption information follows.

958:0234:0001 -- Penelope and her maidens;
958:0234:0002 -- The judgment of Hercules;
958:0234:0003 -- Mercury joining the hands of Britain and France;
958:0234:0004 -- An offering to peace;
958:0234:0005 -- Priam begging the body of Hector;
958:0234:0006 -- The sacrifice of Iphigenia;
958:0234:0007 -- Bas-reliefs of warriors;
958:0234:0008 -- Nymph with cymbals;
958:0234:0009 -- Melpomene;
958:0234:0010 -- The Homer mantelpiece from Longton Hall;
958:0234:0011 -- The Ceres mantelpiece from Longton Hall;
958:0234:0012 -- Head of Ceres from mantelpiece;
958:0234:0013 -- Frame of twenty-one medallions;
958:0234:0014 -- Frame of twelve medallions in steel mounts;
958:0234:0015 -- Washington, Duke of Bridgewater, and Queen of Portugal;
958:0234:0016 -- Frame of five Nymphs;
958:0234:0017 -- The marriage of Cupid and Psyche;
958:0234:0018 -- Three vases and pedestals;
958:0234:0019 -- The green wine and water vases;
958:0234:0020 -- Basalte vases, bronze surface, mounted ormolu;
958:0234:0021 -- Three vases;
958:0234:0022 -- Three vases;
958:0234:0023 -- Homer vase and pedestal, blue and white;
958:0234:0024 -- Virgil vase and pedestal, black and white;
958:0234:0025 -- Large solid blue jasper borghese or campana vase;
958:0234:0026 -- Group of Dejeuner cabinet pieces;
958:0234:0027 -- Green jardiniere and Cupid and Hebe figures;
958:0234:0028 -- Clock by Vulliamy;
958:0234:0029 -- Clock by Roque;
958:0234:0030 -- Bronzes by Clodion;
958:0234:0031 -- General view, looking east;
958:0234:0032 -- General view, looking west.

Accession No(s):

958:0234:0001-0032

Location(s):

NK 4335 S3 1801 HRC-P (958:0234:0001-0032)
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