[Memorandum dated April 1879 from Josiah Wedgwood & Sons to John Northwood regarding delivery urgency of pottery copies of Portland Vase].

Title: 
[Memorandum dated April 1879 from Josiah Wedgwood & Sons to John Northwood regarding delivery urgency of pottery copies of Portland Vase].

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Author/Artist: 
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons.
Publisher: 
Etruria, Stoke upon Trent ; April 1879.
Description: 
1 sheet ; 19 x 24 cm.
Format of Material: 
Documents
Subjects: 
Northwood, John, 1836-1902 Records and correspondence.
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Correspondence.
Portland Vase.
Art Reproduction.
Bib ID: 
128947
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Location: 
Secured Stacks - Archives (Non-Active)
Call Number: 
Range 10, Bay 6, Shelf 5, Ray Grover research collection, Box 1, Correspondence between J. Northwood and Wedgwood, 1877-1880; R. Baker and Northwood, 1907
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Notes: 
Memo instructs Northwood to maintain integrity of original design as much as possible.
"Gold Medal Paris Exhibition, 1878" -- typed in red ink along upper edge.
"Ken-N" and "BW-117" -- written in blue ink in lower left corner of verso.
"29" -- penciled in on upper right corner of verso.
Remnants of adhesive on upper left corner of verso.
This item is in the Ray Grover research collection.
Ray Grover research collection
Part of a group of letters written 1877-1880 between John Northwood I and Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, during which time Northwood polished the pottery editions of the Portland Vase.
Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging May 2012.