The tale of the Warwick vase told in many sizes
Although turned down at the time by the British Museum, a 2nd century vase with Bacchic ornament found by Gavin Hamilton near Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli c.1771 proved a sensation with 18th century connoisseurs.
Displayed by Hamilton’s nephew George Grenville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, in a bespoke Gothic revival …