Urn with lid
Date1769-1780
Artist/Maker
Wedgwood & Bentley
(1768-1780)
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (surface agate / slip-decorated creamware)
DimensionsOH: 10 5/8" (wihout lid) ; OH: 11 11/16" (with lid)
OD: 7 1/4" (handle to handle); OD: 5 3/8" (body)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1950-51,A&B
DescriptionDouble-handled Urn: Unglazed square plinth with loop-band panels in counter relief on each side supports a spreading pedistal foot which rises to urn-shaped body, slightly compressed at shoulder; concave shoulder extends to a narrow neck with thick ring at rim; creamware body covered with surface agate / slip decoration red-brown, to yellow and dark brown in imitation of marble; pair of lead-glazed creamware strap handles surmounted with extruded rope-work loop from the shoulder to central body with female mask terminals. domed cover with spherical finial and long flange with same marbling as vase. Unglazed plinth affixed to urn with metal rod and nut.Markings"Wedgwood / & Bentley" impressed on underside of square base.
ProvenanceParke-Bernet Galleries, New York, from the estate of the late Florence H. Crane,
Ipwich, Massachusetts
ca. 1790
1826-1838
1826-1838
ca. 1755
1790-1800
1750 - 1760
1770-1780
ca. 1795
1761-1762
ca. 1745
1770-1780
1760-1780