Vase

Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley (active 1768–1780)

Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)

about 1772–75

Medium/TechniqueBlack stoneware (basaltware)

DimensionsOverall (h x w x d): 42.5 x 18.9 x 17.5 cm (16 3/4 x 7 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.) [note: width is maximum distance between nose of one lion's head handle to nose of other and depth is maximum diameter of vase's body]
Other (Dimensions at base): 9.2 x 9.2 cm (3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Horace Wood Brock

Accession number2007.1004.1

On View

On view

ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceLeo Kaplan Ltd., New York. About 2004, acquired on the New York art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2007, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 2008)