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

Vase

ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of buff-coloured stoneware, with incised pâte-sur-pâte decoration, painted in brown, white and green. Elongated ovoid body, long tapering neck with bulbous swelling at the lower end, two openwork scroll handles. The body is painted with two birds among grass and marguerites on a ground incised with honeycomb pattern. Round the shoulder and the lower part of the neck are rows of leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with incised and painted decoration
Brief description
Vase of stoneware with incised and painted decoration, pâte-sur-pâte decorated by Florence Barlow, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, ca. 1905.
Physical description
Vase of buff-coloured stoneware, with incised pâte-sur-pâte decoration, painted in brown, white and green. Elongated ovoid body, long tapering neck with bulbous swelling at the lower end, two openwork scroll handles. The body is painted with two birds among grass and marguerites on a ground incised with honeycomb pattern. Round the shoulder and the lower part of the neck are rows of leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.2cm
  • Width: 8.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DOULTON LAMBETH' surrounded four interlaced D's within a shaped medallion (Impressed)
  • 'F C B' in monogram (Decorator's mark, incised)
  • 'A B' in monogram (Incised)
  • 'H' (Incised)
  • '892' (Incised)
Gallery label
Vase Florence Barlow, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, England, 3809-1901(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Made at Lambeth Art Pottery.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3809-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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