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National Museums Liverpool 27.3.79.1

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The other side printed with "Euryclea discovers Ulysses". The recognition of Ulysses (Odysseus) by his old nurse comes from much later in the Odyssey. The choice of these two disconnected episodes from a very long story to illustrate this vase suggests that whoever chose them did not know the story. The prints were copied from John Flaxman's illustrations to the Odyssey, which were reprinted many times after their first publication in 1793. 

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Each scene is neatly labelled underneath.
Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Date
1866-1867
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.80 in (37.59 cm)
  • Height: 12.90 in (32.77 cm)
Maker
Bishops Waltham Pottery

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Description:

Unglazed terracotta earthenware vase printed with "Ulysses on the hearth presenting himself to Alcinous and Arete" from Homer's Odyssey. Ulysses is the Latin version of the Greek name Odysseus.The Bishops Waltham Clay Company Ltd. exhibited pottery, terracotta and ornamental bricks at the 1867 Paris International Exhibition.
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