Date this Wedgwood Black basalt vase please.

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by rhiwfield, Apr 30, 2017.

  1. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    I think I have a date for this 6 inch vase (one of two we have) but would appreciate a second opinion.

    Thanks, Steve.

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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    1796....


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    hahhh....just kidding!:playful:
    u never said the 2nd opinion had to be any good !!! :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
  3. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    I've posted your pix of the base (hope that's OK) to another site that has some Wedgwood experts on it. Will post any reply here.
     
  4. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Who knows, you may be right ;)
     
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  5. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Cheers kentworld.

    FWIW I think the impressed mark is not the modern Serif font.

    It is not marked England or Made in England so I think it dates pre 1891.

    It does not have the three letter date code which suggests it is pre 1860.

    Of course I am probably wrong, which is why I wanted a second opinion!!
     
  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Old mark, old base and old style. Yes, sometime between 1769 and 1860. Ask the museum, they're helpful.
     
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  7. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    And who is the woman who is holding the severed head?
     
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    She's channelling Tom Jones.
     
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  9. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    What ??
    so there's a small chance I could be right ???
    That's too funny.....:hilarious::hilarious:

    I might be learning stuff here...I don't even know that I'm learning..!!! :wideyed::wideyed:
     
  11. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    @rhiwfield is it OK if I pull a slightly lightened and enlarged closeup of the beheaded?
     
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  12. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Aquitaine, please do.
     
  13. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    It's not the greatest, but gives us an image we can see better!! And he does NOT look happy that his head got lopped!!!:joyful::joyful::joyful: Doesn't she look like she's wearing a "modernish" hat with a visor????? I could be TOTALLY mis-reading that........

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  14. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Just taken this close up from one of the vases.

    Hope this helps :)

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  15. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    NICE JOB!!!! So, are you saying the images are not the same on both of the vases??? And Yours is SO much better!!! Can you do that with the one I tried enlarging??
     
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  16. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Just checked the other vase and the image is identical. It looks like the woman is leaning on a club!
     
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  17. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I think neoclassical and Greek myth, rather than Biblical. That would fit with the date.
     
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  18. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    The only Greek myth I have so far found about a male severed head is the myth of Orpheus. But this image doesn't seem to be right for that somehow.
     
  19. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    So what I thought I saw was a morning "optical delusion!!!" Oh Happy Days!!!:banhappy::joyful:

    Edit, but the club I did see!!!
     
  20. PACKRAT

    PACKRAT Well-Known Member

    Well since you asked for an "opinion"...I know things can look a little rougher with age (you should see me) but this seems to lack Wedgewood quality as we commonly know it. I see it is marked and maybe old time techniques were not as good. Just sayin.....
     
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