The Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, which is dated between AD 1 and AD 25, though low BC dates have some scholarly support. [1] It is the best known piece of Roman cameo glass and has served as an inspiration to many glass and porcelain makers from about the beginning of the 18th century onwards.

Portland Vase, Roman vase (1st century ad) of dark blue glass decorated with white figures, the finest surviving Roman example of cameo glass. Originally owned by the Barberini family (and sometimes called the Barberini Vase), it came into the possession of …

Now the property of the most powerful family in Rome, and placed at the heart of the city's most important artistic circle, the Barberini Vase, as it was known before it entered the Portland collection, became even more famous.

The original Portland Vase, also known as the Barberini Vase as it was in the famous collection of the powerful Barberini family of Rome, is a cameo glass (etched glass) vessel discovered in a Roman tomb. Discovered around 1600, its early history is uncertain.

Mar 5, 2017 · History of the Wedgwood Portland vase begins with he original Barberini Vase, probably the most famous vase ( made about 50 B.C. of glass) and the finest example of Greek cameo-glass in the world was acquired from the Barberini family in about 1780 by James Byres.

According to the Corning Museum of Glass, the Portland Vase is as famous as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The original ancient vase, originally called the Barberini Vase, was once believed to house the ashes of a Roman emperor and was discovered in the late 16th century in a tomb outside Rome.

Oct 30, 2017 · As secretary to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, dal Pozza had front-row seats to the cameo glass vase. Cardinal Del Monte died in 1626 and the vase was acquired by the Cardinal’s brother Antonio, both nephews of Pope Urban VIII. That’s where the …

The Barberini Vase, as it was initially called, was widely published in guidebooks, pattern books, and copied well before Wedgwood made his limited editions.

One of the most famous surviving Roman works of art, The Portland Vase, is a fused glass vase and was believed to have been made during the reign of Augustus, sometime between 27 BC and AD 14. It consists of two layers, a dark blue overlaid with a soft white.

Sep 24, 2013 · History and description of the Barberini or Portland vase. Portland Vase., Vases, Roman., Vases, Ancient., Liverpool Royal Institution. Digital version available with no restrictions. Unrestricted online access.