Wedgwood Triple Bamboo Vase

A campana vase in white & gilt Victoriaware. Very French in style, the decoration being a copy of Sevres. It works surprisingly well on the neoclassical shape.

A shield-shaped vase, decorated to resemble porphyry, and highlighted with gilding. Marked for Wedgwood & Bentley.

One of the finest copies of The Portland Vase that Wedgwood produced, in many ways rivalling the First Edition itself. Decorated by Thomas Lovatt, then cut, polished and shaded by John Northwood in his glass engraving studio. Although 30 copies were intended, the work was so exacting and arduous that in the end only thirteen were finished. The mirrored stand, which is included, is later and I think dates from the late 20th century. Of all the stands designed for the Portland Vase, this is the best I've seen. The original Portland vase, dating from around 200AD and made of cameo glass, is considered one of the most important examples of classical design and is noted for its intricate relief sculptures, which depict classical figures and scenes from Greek mythology - exactly what, though, we're not sure. The original Wedgwood Portland Vase...

A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth and an older man, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. It is unusual to find ...

NOTE: We do not keep this in the showroom. Please let us know if you're visiting and would like to see it. Rarely does a first edition Portland vase...

Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. T...