15929993350001312637261000Standard Recordobject-11481170206273476715826327400001702062268409fitz-onlineadlib-object-11481https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/114811c1856d8-5e49-393a-abad-b95faa2022ea4personreferenceagent-152787adlib-agent-152787300df13a-5332-357b-9170-cdae57db0ba9The Dancing Hoursreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewareReliefsjasper, solid pale blue with moulded and applied white reliefsreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-115812adlib-term-1158125ff69ea6-7a8e-307d-89e3-0a960ba42e8aapplyingreferenceterm-107517adlib-term-107517e1832c7b-46a7-3244-9e64-bc63598145d5classical figuresApplied ArtsJasper, solid pale blue with white reliefs. Ovoid with circular pedestal foot on square plinth, two vertical handles with grotesque masks below on each side of the shoulder, short curved neck with everted rim, and circular domed cover with ball finial and internal cylindrical stopper. The foot and stem are held together by a rod, disk and square nut. The plinth has a border of honeysuckle motifs. The edge of the foot is decorated with alternate acanthus and laurel leaves. The lower part of the vase has alternate stems and elliptical leaves. The sides are decorated with eight female figures holding hands, known as the Dancing Hours, between two raised horizontal bands. On the shoulder there are alternating acanthus leaves and anthemion between palm leaves. On the rim, ovals containing a plant. On the centre of the cover, radiating laurel leaves.C.16.2 & A-19111accession numberC.16.2 & A-191111481priref11481urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11481https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11481on the underside of the plinthimpressedWEDGWOODfactory markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs James Bedfordreferenceagent-157626adlib-agent-15762672fb8811-187e-3cd0-97fe-a7d7e31106f6Bedford, James, Mrs191119111911-02-10givenEntry date: 1911-02-101800CE1800Jasper vases do not appear to have been made after 1820, and between 1829 and 1844, no solid jasper was made. See Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, II, pp. 505. 509-214, 516. The quality of these suggests that they are late 19th century.circa1800factoryreferenceagent-143576adlib-agent-143576535626bd-0b17-316b-bbbf-3551cefd8265WedgwoodThe Dancing Hours represent the Horae, personifications of the hours of the day. The first known mention of the design is in a letter of early 1778 from Josiah Wedgwood I to Thomas Bentley (E.25.18847). There is no direct mention of Flaxman having modelled them, but they are mentioned along with the Apotheosis of Homer and Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, which were definitely by him.The Dancing Hours first appeared on a tablet, no. 205 in the 1779 Catalogue . . ., but was also used for mantelpiece friezes, teapots and other wares.The design for the figures was probably derived from engraved book illustrations after a Greco-Roman marble frieze, The Borghese Dancers or Dancing Hours, now in the Louvre (reserve). See Documentation. Another possible source was a chimney piece of white marble against blue lapis lazuli formerly in the Palazzo Borghese in Rome, which in the 18th century was installed in Moor Park, Herts, home of Sir Lawrence Dundas, and is now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery.This vase may have been made in the Wedgwood & Byerley period, or after the reintroduction of solid jasper in 1844.referenceterm-113623adlib-term-11362387ef9eaf-54a8-3838-8337-94dbf03aad62literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionEtruriapale blue and whitereferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper wareHeightcm23.3referencemedia-11487adlib-media-11487fed497e4-0fd5-35f4-88c8-8de470b4feb9jpegaa/aa3/C_16_2_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162868322031imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_16_2_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162868322031imagejpegaa/aa3/C_16_2_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162868322031imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_16_2_20_26_20A_1911_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162868322031image0media
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imagereferenceterm-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvaseobject namereferenceterm-107478adlib-term-10747881002e74-5083-37b8-a429-4a303fc40695coverobject namereferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper warecategoryhistory noteFrom the donor's cousin's collection, the late Francis Bedford, Esq.1referenceobject-11480adlib-object-114805b321329-156e-3631-83b8-1cae781146801reference1term-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasevasereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-1019adlib-publication-10197c72d394-3a39-3add-bc5e-08f960d53f22Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum . .Ref. The Dancing Hours were re-engraved, see, part 2, p. 199, pl. 54, fig. 1 (copy in Founder's Library).p. 199referencepublication-1020adlib-publication-1020432069dc-7641-3cb4-8cfb-3937796876acL'Antiquité expliqué et representée en figuresreferencepublication-999adlib-publication-999042e1668-9e3c-33c8-8518-00e132cd8e53A catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, busts, small statues, and bas-reliefs; with a general account of vases and other ornaments, after the antique, made by Wedgwood & Bentley, and sold at their rooms in Great Newport Street, London.Ref. Kelly, p. 64, cites a payment from Wedgwood to Flaxman for several designs including the Dancing Hours.p. 64referencepublication-1021adlib-publication-1021be759055-44bc-3090-bf7f-d48933e13e96Decorative Wedgwood in Architecture and FurnitureRef. The design for the figures was derived from a Greco-Roman marble frieze, The Borghese Dancers or Dancing Hours, now in the Louvre (reserve).pp. 195-6referencepublication-1011adlib-publication-101154288e89-05e0-314d-85eb-26ce8d49ea82Taste and the Antique. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900Ref. Jasper vases do not appear to have been made after 1820, and between 1829 and 1844, no solid jasper was made. See Reilly, pp. 505. 509-214, 516. The quality of these suggests that they are late 19th century.pp. 505, 509referencepublication-998adlib-publication-998b78305dd-313b-343d-b005-05a294d9dc50WedgwoodCf. p. 54, no. 27, a black basaltes teapot, giving details of the design,p. 54referencepublication-1022adlib-publication-1022fa5c8d1c-11cd-3073-b813-1eb48445858aJohn Flaxman, R.A.Cf. p. 114, the Dancing Hours, and a vase, similar but with different proportions on p. 115pp. 114-5referencepublication-987adlib-publication-987fd87208a-3317-387f-b566-e4e57ca7d4bdDictionary of WedgwoodCf. A pair of vases of the same shape, dated c. 1790, p. 246, no. 307, decorated with Apollo and the Muses on black.p. 246referencepublication-985adlib-publication-985a173a766-74f2-3d47-ad14-666e514e75e5Good European Ceramics, Glass and EnamelsCf. pp.128-9, a black basaltes vase, shape no. 239 and a blue and white jasper drum salt cellar.pp. 128-9referencepublication-989adlib-publication-98982f5fd49-f1cd-3039-8aa9-a46ef3f93b0cWedgwood, The New Illustrated Dictionaryreferenceterm-9044adlib-term-904499dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763Neoclassicalplantreferenceterm-4742adlib-term-4742c682b18e-4964-35c5-ab2e-eec15de2cccbhoneysuckleplantreferenceterm-4749adlib-term-4749134828f6-5031-3e4b-a59b-ab4a880538d6acanthusplantreferenceterm-107523adlib-term-107523083efb08-b78e-3ba4-b2b7-98b7667f2e9dlaurelplantreferenceterm-107522adlib-term-10752216c7d20b-e1b6-35b8-93b6-8a9309551bb5palmactivityreferenceterm-106480adlib-term-106480b059cfb8-07ea-3c75-9f41-3c892139ca4cdancingliteralhoneysucklehoneysuckleliteralacanthusacanthusliterallaurellaurelliteralpalmpalmliteraldancingdancingreferenceterm-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasevaseobject
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