Portland Vase, copy, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Stoke-on-Trent; pottery manufactory; 1790–1895. Pelike-shaped vase in black with white rendered from a black background reliefs depicting: 1 Atia, mother of Emperor Augustus, Apollo and Neptune; 2 Hecuba wife of Priam with a torch in her hand, surrounded by Venus and Paris. At the bottom, Paris, lost in thought. 19th/20th century, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Vase; height 26.6 cm, width 19 cm., A round sculpted object with a carved profile of a person in relief on one face, shown against a plain gray background; the object is primarily white with several areas of black contrasting patches and details, the central medallion features the figure with draped garments and a head covering, surrounded by carved leaf-like shapes, and the piece rests on a translucent clear stand.
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Portland Vase, copy, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Stoke-on-Trent; pottery manufactory; 1790–1895. Pelike-shaped vase in black with white rendered from a black background reliefs depicting: 1 Atia, mother of Emperor Augustus, Apollo and Neptune; 2 Hecuba wife of Priam with a torch in her hand, surrounded by Venus and Paris. At the bottom, Paris, lost in thought. 19th/20th century, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Vase; height 26.6 cm, width 19 cm., A round sculpted object with a carved profile of a person in relief on one face, shown against a plain gray background; the object is primarily white with several areas of black contrasting patches and details, the central medallion features the figure with draped garments and a head covering, surrounded by carved leaf-like shapes, and the piece rests on a translucent clear stand.

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Portland Vase copy Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Stoke-on-Trent pottery manufactory 1790–1895 Pelike-shaped vase black white rendered black background reliefs depicting 1 Atia mother Emperor Augustus Apollo Neptune 2 Hecuba wife Priam torch hand surrounded Venus Paris bottom lost thought 19th 20th century Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent England Vase height 26.6 cm width 19 cm round sculpted object carved profile person relief face shown plain gray background primarily white several areas contrasting patches details central medallion features figure draped garments head covering carved leaf- shapes piece rests translucent clear stand.

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