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

Vase

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Beaker-shaped and with two small handles in the form of coiled gilt serpents, a row of beads round the cover, and a square plinth. On one side, reserved on a wide pale greenish-blue ground, is an eight-sided panel painted with a girl carrying a pitcher and with a flock of sheep behind her in a mountainous landscape.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Beaker-shaped and with two small handles in the form of coiled gilt serpents, a row of beads round the cover, and a square plinth. On one side, reserved on a wide pale greenish-blue ground, is an eight-sided panel painted with a girl carrying a pitcher and with a flock of sheep behind her in a mountainous landscape.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Flight Barr & Barr Royal Porcelain Works Worcester London House Coventry Street' (In red)
  • 'FBB' under a crown (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.461-1935. Formerly in the collection of Mr. Hamilton Hunter.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.461A-1935

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Record createdJuly 8, 2009
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