Vase

Designed by Norman Wilson, Wedgwood

About 1955

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Venus de Medici, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, After a model from Wedgwood, Based on a design by Rev. Mr. Joseph Spence, cast iron
Set consists of a pair of vases and a potpourri jar with cover
Bust slightly left.
Covered urn (cover not original) of white stoneware resting on a small black basalt plinth, the body of the urn covered with an agate, or crystalline, glaze in shades of gray, browns and blues designed to resemble stone, the two ear-shaped handles left white and with traces of gilding, the handles terminate in masks of bearded tritons at the shoulder, the long neck with an extended lip.