vase, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.

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vase, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
vase, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
vase
1860–1891
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd., artist
founded 1759
vase, 1860–1891
Where object was made: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Material/technique: earthenware; glaze
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.3515
Not on display
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Thayer Today

Josiah Wedgwood was a trendsetter, humanitarian, entrepreneur, and an early marketing expert who brought ceramics production into the 18th-century industrial age.

Known for their successful production of different goods, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons hired painters to decorate their earthenware and porcelain. The scene painted around this vase depicts a stork standing on a turtle’s back, being led by a rather large fly. A slithering green lizard appears to have escaped the two-dimensional depiction and perches around and atop the vase. You’ll find this vase in the Cabinet of Curiosities in the exhibition Empire of Things.

Empire of Things

Known for their successful production of different wares, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons hired painters to decorate their earthenware and porcelain. The painted scene around this vase depicts a stork standing on a turtle’s back, being led by a rather large fly. A slithering green lizard appears to have escaped the two-dimensional depiction.

Cabinet of Curiosities

Known for their successful production of different wares, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons hired painters to decorate their earthenware and porcelain. The painted scene around this vase depicts a stork standing on a turtle’s back, being led by a rather large fly. A slithering green lizard appears to have escaped the two-dimensional depiction.

Empire of Things

Known for their successful production of different wares, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons hired painters to decorate their earthenware and porcelain. The painted scene around this vase depicts a stork standing on a turtle’s back, being led by a rather large fly. A slithering green lizard appears to have escaped the two-dimensional depiction.

Empire of Things

Known for their successful production of different wares, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons hired painters to decorate their earthenware and porcelain. The painted scene around this vase depicts a stork standing on a turtle’s back, being led by a rather large fly. A slithering green lizard appears to have escaped the two-dimensional depiction.

Exhibitions

Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2013–2015
Cabinet of Curiosities
2015–2016
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2013–2015
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2016–2021
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2016–2021
Thayer Today
2017
Brosseau Center for Learning: Menagerie
2022