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Source Description
This vase has a light blue ground and is decorated with a relief in white known as domestic employment after designs by Lady Elizabeth Templetown. After many experiments Wedgwood perfected jasperware in 1775. The use of a shallow relief in white on a colored ground was inspired by ancient Roman cameo glass.
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Document identity
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17994
label
Domestic Employment
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object
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Source metadata
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17994
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object
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normalized
title
Domestic Employment
description
This vase has a light blue ground and is decorated with a relief in white known as domestic employment after designs by Lady Elizabeth Templetown. After many experiments Wedgwood perfected jasperware in 1775. The use of a shallow relief in white on a colored ground was inspired by ancient Roman cameo glass.
provenance
George R. Harding Collection, until 1911; Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th century (Neoclassical)
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CC0
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en
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vases
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 11/16 in. (27.2 cm)
Source extras
style
Neo-classical
inscriptions
[Maker's mark] WEDGWOOD
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jasperware
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4325
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none
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none
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