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Source Description
In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95) introduced the unglazed jasperware with white relief decoration on pastel or black backgrounds for which the firm became famous. The technique was used for ornamental cameos that appealed to the late 18th-century passion for ancient cameos and intaglios. This scent bottle is decorated with a young couple in front of an elderly seated woman, and on the other side, with two women making an offering on an alter of Love. Eros is hiding behind a mask on the alter and stretches out his hand to receive the offerings. The metal cap of the scent bottle has a loop so it could be worn.
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Document identity
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18921
label
Scent Bottle with Mythological Scenes
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object
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1
Source metadata
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18921
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Scent Bottle with Mythological Scenes
description
In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95) introduced the unglazed jasperware with white relief decoration on pastel or black backgrounds for which the firm became famous. The technique was used for ornamental cameos that appealed to the late 18th-century passion for ancient cameos and intaglios. This scent bottle is decorated with a young couple in front of an elderly seated woman, and on the other side, with two women making an offering on an alter of Love. Eros is hiding behind a mask on the alter and stretches out his hand to receive the offerings. The metal cap of the scent bottle has a loop so it could be worn.
provenance
George Robinson Harding; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th century (Neoclassical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
bottles
jewelry
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)
Source extras
med
blue jasperware, gold
creator_ids
3106
collection_ids
EAN
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
2227
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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