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Catalog Number |
C07.530 |
Title |
Vase painted by Celia Thaxter |
Object Name |
Vase |
Description |
Tall white tapered vase on pedestal base; flared rim; painted with branch of leaves and ripe olives; Greek inscription on side; on base: "Celia Thaxter/1881." Mark: impressed triangle. |
Date |
1881 |
Artist |
Celia Thaxter |
Dimensions |
H-10 Dia-4.25 inches |
Material |
Porcelain |
Place of Origin |
France or England; decoration Piscataqua area |
Provenance |
Celia Thaxter studied china painting in 1877 with John Appleton Brown. This vase is part of Lyman Rutledge Isles of Shoals Collection given to Portsmouth Public Library in 1965; transferred to Athenaeum in 1995 at request of his son, Edward. Translation of text:" [The] always-seeing eye of Zeus Morios now watches, and bright-eyed Athena." Sophocles, "Oedipus at Colonus" line 705, in a choral song about the olive tree. There are a couple of errors in the Greek lettering. |
People |
Thaxter, Celia (Laighton), 1835-1894 Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 Rutledge, Lyman Vincent, 1884-1977 |
Search Terms |
Isle of Shoals Collection |
Subjects |
Ceramic Ware Handpainted Vase |
Relation |
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