Black Basalt Covered Urn
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Wedgwood, English, established 1759
label: Decorator
content: John Flaxman, English, 1755 - 1826
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ovoid, with high looped handles and small cylindrical neck. On square plinth (b) with relief palmette decoration, and ogee foot (d) with leaf-molded edge. Flat cylindrical cover (c) with relief palmette and guilloche decoration, and vase finial.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Etruria, Staffordshire, England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-301-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: urn
label: Type
content: urn
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: stoneware ("black basalt")
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 25.5 × 15 × 13.3 cm (10 1/16 × 5 7/8 × 5 1/4 in.)