Vase
ca. 1800 (made)
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Vase with two cover, cane-coloured stoneware with applied moulded decoration, painted in enamel colours. Ovoid body, with handles in the form of two lions’ masks connected by festoons of drapery and with a row of acanthus leaves round the base; tall foot rising from a square plinth. The covers are concavely curved, the outer one being of pierced lattice-work surmounted by a cone-shaped knob.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Caneware with applied moulded decoration and painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Vase with covers, caneware with applied moulded decoration and painted in enamels, made by Elijah Mayer, Hanley, Staffordshire, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | Vase with two cover, cane-coloured stoneware with applied moulded decoration, painted in enamel colours. Ovoid body, with handles in the form of two lions’ masks connected by festoons of drapery and with a row of acanthus leaves round the base; tall foot rising from a square plinth. The covers are concavely curved, the outer one being of pierced lattice-work surmounted by a cone-shaped knob. |
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| Gallery label | Vase
made by Elijah Mayer, Hanley, Staffordshire, about 1800
Marks: 'E. Mayer' and '5', impressed
Caneware painted in enamels
2492 to B-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Accession number | 2492 to B-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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