Domestic Employment and Maternal Affection
Summary
Public: Pair of lidded ovoid vases, stoneware, solid white jasper with lilac dip and white relief decoration of women and children. Private: Oviform vase with narrow neck, flared rim and spreading foot, all decorated with a lilac dip, on solid white square pedestal with concave sides and chamfered corners. Plinth side panels decorated with looped stems of lilies, corners with acanthus. Foot decorated with white acanthus border round outer edge and hand-rolled beaded border at junction with body. Main body decorated in white relief with classical scenes of 'Domestic Employment' and 'Maternal Affection' consisting of women and children approaching an altar, and a young woman spinning. Lower body below decorated with border of radiating palm leaves and wavy stems, shoulder above with honeysuckle flowers alternating with large acanthus leaves. Two bearded satyrs' heads in high relief on shoulder, horns linked together to form loop handles. Plain neck with flared rim decorated with acanthus border. Lilac dipped lid with banded spherical finial and radiating palm leaves.
Object Name
Domestic Employment and Maternal Affection
Creators Name
Date Created
c 1785
Dimensions
without lid: 20.2cm
with lid: 21.9cm
accession number
1906.53/2
Collection Group
Place of creation
Etruria
Medium
