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 20.3 x 17.8 cm (16 3/4 x 8 x 7 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): 9.4 x 9.5 cm (3 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Other (Dimensions at base): 9.4 x 9.5 cm (3 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Horace Wood Brock
Accession number2007.1004.2
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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)
Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley
One of Pair/One of Pair