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Australia vase, 1906

Australia vase, 1906
by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons 
jasperware 
bequest of Sir William Dixson, 1952 
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Wedgwood began producing the Australia Vase in very limited numbers from 1906. The vase features an ornamental bas-relief profile portrait of James Cook and a scene repeated from Wedgwood’s 1789 Sydney Cove medallion – ‘Hope encouraging Art and Labour under the influence of Peace’. The Grecian figures have at their feet a cornucopia, symbolising the abundance of possibilities that Peace, Art and Labour may offer the new colony of New South Wales. The band around the shoulder of the vase bears the names Capt. Cook, Phillips [sic]. Banks and Solander.  
 
Since the late 19th century, Wedgwood recognised Australia as a new market for its products – an opportunity for the dissemination and appreciation of European arts and culture. The Australia Vase, manufactured so soon after Federation, may have been created to celebrate the new nation, albeit one that stood proudly within the British empire.

A pale blue vase with white trim and carved face

Australia vase, 1906
by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons 
jasperware 
bequest of Sir William Dixson, 1952 
SAFE/DR 1

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