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

Vase

1881 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Grey-blue lead-glaze earthenware vase with incised decoration of birds amongst flowering shrubs. Globular body with a flaring neck incised with geometrical patterns.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glaze earthenware with incised decoration and slip
Brief description
Vase of lead-glazed earthenware with incised decoration, made by C.H. Brannam & Son Ltd, Litchdown Street, Barnstaple, dated 1881.
Physical description
Grey-blue lead-glaze earthenware vase with incised decoration of birds amongst flowering shrubs. Globular body with a flaring neck incised with geometrical patterns.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.7cm
  • Width: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'C H Brannam / BaRum / N. DEVON / 1881' (Maker's mark incised on base)
Gallery label
Vase made by C.H. Brannam & Son Ltd, Litchdown Street, Barnstaple, Devon, England, 1881 Mark: 'CH Brannam Barum N. Devon, 1881', incised Earthenware with incised decoration C.84-1971 Miss B.E. Chambers Bequest(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss B.E. Chambers
Object history
One of a pair with C.84A-1971.
Production
Made in Litchdown Street, Barnstaple.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.84-1971

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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