Not currently on display at the V&A

Vase

ca. 1900-1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tall vase of salt-glazed stoneware, and with an inset cylindrical neck to which is affixed a pair of horizontal loop-handles, and from the base to about three quarters of its height the vase is painted with black enamel with tall thin vertical panels with waved outlines, the upper parts of which are filled with lines of graduated spots, and above these panels are motifs between which are oval spots of gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, salt-glazed and painted in enamel and gold
Brief description
Vase of salt-glazed stoneware, painted in black enamel and gilt, designed and made by Henri Simmen, Meudon, ca. 1900-1910.
Physical description
Tall vase of salt-glazed stoneware, and with an inset cylindrical neck to which is affixed a pair of horizontal loop-handles, and from the base to about three quarters of its height the vase is painted with black enamel with tall thin vertical panels with waved outlines, the upper parts of which are filled with lines of graduated spots, and above these panels are motifs between which are oval spots of gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
  • Neck diameter: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'H.Simmen' (In black enamel on base)
Collection
Accession number
C.13-1970

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Record createdNovember 12, 2007
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