"Porphyry" Vase and cover
Object type: Vase and Cover
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Artist: Wedgwood and Bentley
Artist bio: British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1769–1780
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1770
Medium: Creamware "porphyry ware" on black basalt plinth
Dimensions: confirmed: 12 5/16 × 6 3/8 × 5 9/16 in. (31.3 × 16.2 × 14.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Family, 2018
Accession year: 2018