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Only twelve similar vases were made for the 1976 Awards, their decorative reliefs modelled on the nine Muses originally designed by John Flaxman the Elder for the 1790 Jasperware vase and cover produced in Staffordshire by Wedgwood. An example of the original is in the V&amp;A’s collection (2416&amp;A-1901). Wedgwood produced a different design of Jasperware vase for the 1978 SWET Awards, decorated with images of David Garrick and Sarah Siddons. That was the last time Wedgwood was commissioned to make vases as awards, possibly because of their cost and fragility.\r\n\r\nThe 1976 Society of West End Theatre Award ceremony was the first major award ceremony celebrating excellence in West End theatre. 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