"Burslem" vase, Boat Race Day

Name:

VASE

1938

Country:

Great Britain Etruria Staffordshire

Accession:

85.7.187

Eric Ravilious Designer Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Ltd. Maker

Collection:

Object

Decorative Arts and Furniture

Health, Hygiene and Fitness

Subject:

Leisure/Sports , Ceramics/Ceramic Design

Inches 10-1/4 8-1/2 diameter, Centimeters 26.0 21.6 diameter

Credit Line:

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection

URL:

85.7.187.JPG

Tags:

Health, Hygiene, and Fitness~Decorative Arts and Furniture

Transfer-printed earthenware vase with footed base; overall glossy white glazed ground with design depicting three successive stages in the Oxford-Cambridge boat race and "Mermaid" design inside.

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Title : "Burslem" vase, Boat Race Day
Artist: Eric Ravilious Designer Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Ltd. Maker
Accession: 85.7.187
Country: Great Britain Etruria Staffordshire
Date: 1938
Dimensions: Inches 10-1/4 8-1/2 diameter, Centimeters 26.0 21.6 diameter
Collection: Object
Category: Decorative Arts and Furniture
Collection Theme: Health, Hygiene and Fitness
Subject: Leisure/Sports , Ceramics/Ceramic Design
Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 85.7.187.JPG
Tags: Health, Hygiene, and Fitness~Decorative Arts and Furniture

Description:

Transfer-printed earthenware vase with footed base; overall glossy white glazed ground with design depicting three successive stages in the Oxford-Cambridge boat race and "Mermaid" design inside.