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Container Reference (shelfmark) 1763.d.3 Subject Vases

1. 1763.d.3(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(24)
Title:
Homeric vase. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Vase and pedestal. Black basaltes. Height of vase, 27⅛ inches. Height of pedestal, 9½ inches. Together, 36⅝ inches. This splendid example is of the class known as 'Homeric vases' from Flaxman's bas-relief of the 'Apotheosis of Homer' which decorates them. They...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2. 1763.d.3(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(25)
Title:
Vase. Haworth Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Vase. Black, basaltes. Height, 14 inches...This is a good specimen of one of the early vases in basaltes. The scale or frill ornament is borrowed from the antique; a version of which is found on the Romano-British vases; notably on those dug up in York...The fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

3. 1763.d.3(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(26)
Title:
Rhyton. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Rhyton, or rather Lêkythos, a vessel for liquid in the form of a female head. Black, basaltes. Height, 11½ inches. This example was probably copies or adapted from illustrations in Sir William Hamilton's great work on vases, or from drawings in Sir Hans Sloane'...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

4. 1763.d.3(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(28)
Title:
Tripod. Property of Mr Rathbone. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Egptian tripod. Rosso antico, or red ware; black relief. Height, 18 inches. Diameter at top of bowl, 12 inches. The only known example of this size. It is made of the same clay — that from the picturesque locality of Bradwerll Wood, lying high above Burslem — a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

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