Abstract

Collections of Greek vases, and their reproductions in the form of luxury publications and vessels displayed atop bookshelves in libraries, were the domain of male elites in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. Less well explored is the consumption of creative reproductions of Greek vases by elite and ‘middling’ women, and the participation of women across the social spectrum in the production of ceramics inspired by Greek vases. This article uses the Wedgwood archive to tell such stories. The subjects range from aristocratic designers through paintresses to women doing the hard labour of wedging. It argues for the importance of recognizing these engagements with Greek vases as part of the history of the reception of Greek vases in Britain. It explores the way that gender and class constrained the kind of contact women had with these materials, and it puts forward an interpretation of these engagements as independent embodied knowledge of Greek vases.

中文翻译：

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陶艺工作者，“女士们”和“中产阶级”：在韦奇伍德（Wedgwood）约1760–1820年生产和销售“伊特鲁里亚和希腊花瓶” *

摘要

在18世纪和19世纪的英国，希腊花瓶的收藏以及以豪华出版物和器皿形式出现在图书馆书架上的复制品是男性精英的领域。探索较少的是精英和“中级”妇女对希腊花瓶的创意复制品的消费，以及社会各界妇女参与受希腊花瓶启发的陶瓷生产。本文使用Wedgwood档案库讲述此类故事。主题从贵族设计师到彩绘画家，再到从事楔形刻苦工作的女性，一应俱全。它主张承认与希腊花瓶的这种接触作为在英国接受希腊花瓶的历史的一部分的重要性。