The Milton Vase
Designed by Wills Brothers
Cast by Coalbrookdale Co. Limited
Date: 1856
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: architecture (fixtures and fittings)
Object type: Urn
Description: The frieze around the vase depicts two scenes from Milton's 'Paradise Lost' books 6 and 11: 'The Expulsion of Satan' and 'The Expulsion of Adam and Eve'. A snake is coiled around the stem of the vase.
Notes: This vase was produced by electrolysis and is an example of the decorative work produced by the Coalbrookdale Company.
Makers, Owners and Exhibitors
Owned by Victoria and Albert Museum
A cast of this vase is in the V&A. Museum number: 7229-1860 See http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O71922/vase-subjects-from-miltons-paradise-lost/
Citing this record
'The Milton Vase', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=ann_1285802657, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
