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Source Description
The designs on these three urns are decorated with scenes showing Apollo, nymphs, and cupid. They were made at the factory of William Adams, a contemporary, friend and follower of Josiah Wedgwood. Adams was associated with Wedgwood when he opened his famous factory at Etruria in 1769. He experimented with pottery and fitted up a private laboratory at his house at Tunstall, where he continued his research in the chemistry of pottery to the end of his life. Adams was responsible for a great quantity of excellent jasper ware, in some of which the ground colors differ perceptibly from that made at the Wedgwood factories.This vase is one of a group of three. It is a pair with 48.859, while 48.860 is slightly larger.
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Document identity
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37795
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Vase with Apollo, a Nymph, and Cupid
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title
Vase with Apollo, a Nymph, and Cupid
description
The designs on these three urns are decorated with scenes showing Apollo, nymphs, and cupid. They were made at the factory of William Adams, a contemporary, friend and follower of Josiah Wedgwood. Adams was associated with Wedgwood when he opened his famous factory at Etruria in 1769. He experimented with pottery and fitted up a private laboratory at his house at Tunstall, where he continued his research in the chemistry of pottery to the end of his life. Adams was responsible for a great quantity of excellent jasper ware, in some of which the ground colors differ perceptibly from that made at the Wedgwood factories.This vase is one of a group of three. It is a pair with 48.859, while 48.860 is slightly larger.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, Horace Townshend Sale, New York, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, by bequest, 1931.
date
late 18th Century
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en
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vases
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import
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H: 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm)
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blue and white jasper ware
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3106
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none
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1
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photo
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