Editing Severus Alexander (section)

===Portland Vase===
Perhaps his most tangible legacy was the emergence in the 16th century of the [[cameo glass]] [[Portland Vase]] (or "Barberini Vase"), dated to around the reign of [[Augustus]]. This was allegedly found at the mausoleum of the emperor and his family at [[:it:Monte del Grano|Monte Del Grano]]. The discovery of the vase is described by [[Pietro Santi Bartoli]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Portland Vase : the extraordinary odyssey of a mysterious Roman treasure|last=Brooks, Robin (Robin Jeremy)|date=2004|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=0-06-051099-4|edition=1st|location=New York, NY|oclc=54960357|url-access=registration|page=28|url=https://archive.org/details/portlandvaseextr0000broo_w1m0}}</ref> Pietro Bartoli indicates that the vase contained the ashes of Severus Alexander. However, there is no definitive proof that it was found at Alexander's sarcophagus<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Machet |first1=Lawrence |date=2012 |title=The Portland Vase and the Wedgwood copies: the story of a scientific and aesthetic challenge|journal=Miranda |volume=7 |issue=7 |doi=10.4000/miranda.4406 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and the interpretations of the scenes depicted are the source of many disputed theories. The vase passed through the hands of [[William Hamilton (diplomat)|Sir William Hamilton]] Ambassador to the Royal Court in Naples, and in 1784 was sold to the [[Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland|Duchess of Portland]], and has subsequently been known as the Portland Vase.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=466190&partId=1&searchText=portland+vase&page=1|title=The Portland Vase|website=British Museum|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> After an attack by a disturbed man in the [[British Museum]] in 1845 smashed it into many fragments, the vase has been reconstructed three times. In 1786 the Portland vase had been borrowed from the [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|3rd Duke of Portland]] and copied in black [[Jasperware]] pottery by [[Josiah Wedgwood]] for his firm [[Wedgwood]]. He appears to have added some drapery to cover nudity, but his replicas were useful in the reconstructions.