BORGHESE VASES AND PEDESTALS were adaptations of an antique marble vase formerly in the possession of the Borghese family in Rome and now in the Louvre. The vases, the largest Josiah Wedgewood ever made were originally modelled by John de Vaere, were completed by John Flaxman in Rome in 1788.The Borghese Vase now resides in the Louvre and were regarded by 18th century critics as one of the finest ancient marble vases in existence. The copies here closely followed the relief but not the form of the original.