Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1898 to 1907 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Slender oviform vase in grey earthenware with a cup shaped mouth, painted over white slip in lustre blue and green, with formal sunflowers, mice and snakes with a copper lustre interior


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted over white slip in lustre blue and green
Brief description
Slender grey earthenware painted over white slip in lustre blue and green, with sunflowers, mice and snakes with a copper lustre interior, William De Morgan, England (Fulham), 1898-1907
Physical description
Slender oviform vase in grey earthenware with a cup shaped mouth, painted over white slip in lustre blue and green, with formal sunflowers, mice and snakes with a copper lustre interior
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 13.12in
  • Taken from register diameter: 6.25in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Makers mark 'De Morgan Fulham'
  • 'F.P.'painted in black (painter's initials, for Fred Passenger)
Gallery label
Vase Fred Passenger, William de Morgan, England, C.415-1919 Mrs Mary. E. de Morgan Bequest(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs William de Morgan
Object history
Exhibited at 'Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils' in Dusseldorf.
Collection
Accession number
C.415-1919

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Record createdJune 9, 2004
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