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Portland Vase

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An ancient cinerary urn of dark blue glass ornamented with Greek mythological figures carved in a layer of white enamel found near Rome about 1640, and which came into the possession of the Portland family in 1787, and is now in the British Museum. It is ten inches high and seven inches round.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Portland Vase'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/portland-vase.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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