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Barberini vase
Barberini vase see Portland vase .
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Glass menagerie
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...a theory about the scenes depicted on the "Portland Vase." [The Portland Vase was an ancient Greco/Roman cinerary urn made...of European Arts. They have a copy of the Portland vase on display. It was contributed by someone...
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Expressive objects
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 8/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...artifacts from the ancient world -- the Portland Vase, a 10-inch-tall Roman glass vase dating...regardless of the importance of the Portland Vase, that didn't stop William Lloyd, an...example of Wedgwood's version of the Portland Vase, or Barberini Vase as it's also known...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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'Portland' vase is a copy
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/9/2004; ; 608 words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-09-2004 'Portland' vase is a copy By HELAINE FENDELMAN and...that company in what is called the "Portland Vase Mark," which was first used by Wedgwood...Staffordshire potters made "copies" of the Portland Vase, and the piece belonging to G.R. has...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Archive:What have the Romans ever done for us?; Chris Upton looks at how a piece of Roman glass still outshines every other piece of that time.(ROP)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/17/2002; 700+ words
; ...called it, but to us it is known as the Portland Vase. The vessel, probably produced between...in a glass case. The quality of the Portland Vase had been appreciated early on. Rubens...the British Museum and smashed the Portland Vase to pieces. To be strictly accurate...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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On this day . . . in 1845.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 2/7/2005; 92 words
; ...days before he walked into the museum, smashed the glass display that housed the Portland Vase and then broke it into 200 pieces. The 10-inch high Portland Vase dates back to 25BC. Mulcahy was sent to jail for breaking the case, but not the...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Raising a glass to town past.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 8/9/2004; 117 words
; ...will see the Black Country Players perform the story of the Portland vase as part of the International Glass Festival. The play tells of how a replica of the Roman Portland Vase blown at the cone in 1873 put Stourbridge on the glass-making...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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'Portland' is pattern name on 19th century vase
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/17/2004; ; 547 words
; ...that company in what is called the "Portland Vase Mark," which was first used by Wedgwood...Staffordshire potters made "copies" of the Portland Vase, and the piece belonging to G.R. has...different from those found on the original Portland Vase, and the shape is much different ...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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'PORTLAND' VASE DESIGNATION REFERS TO ITS PATTERN.(At Home)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 12/11/2004; 563 words
; ...that company in what is called the Portland Vase Mark, which was first used by Wedgwood...Staffordshire potters made copies of the Portland Vase, and the piece belonging to G.R. has...different from those found on the original Portland Vase, and the shape is much different because...
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Not handled with care Michael Prodger enjoys this history of a piece of Roman glass with a past
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/25/2004; ; 681 words
; The Mystery of the Portland Vase by Robin Brooks Duckworth, pounds...of the Museum's exhibits - the Portland Vase. In 1845 a young man with "something...short but vivid The Mystery of the Portland Vase. Books such as these, which take...
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ART OF GLASS; Legends in Glass has just opened at Broadfield House Glass Museum in Kingswinford. Richard Edmonds was dazzled by what he saw.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...in Britain when the original Roman Portland Vase was smashed while on display in the...both distressed and stimulated by the Portland Vase crisis. And so, from 1873, John Northwood...wonderful reproduction of the original Portland Vase and so revived the art of fine cameo...
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Portland vase
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
a Roman glass vase, known also as the Barberini vase. It is an unusually fine work of...was placed in the palace of the Barberini family. Sold c.1782, it passed...bought by the British Museum. The vase has been widely reproduced and...
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Pietro da Cortona
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...1639), which covers the entire ceiling of the Great Hall of the Barberini Palace in Rome. It is painted to give the illusion that we are looking...of the meaning of Cortona's complicated ceiling painting in the Barberini Palace. □
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