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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

ca. 1783 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware vase covered with a brown glaze and gilding. Bulbous body, tall flaring neck and spreading foot. Painted round the body with a garden scene with trellis and plants. Plants, a bird and butterfly on the neck. Trellis diaper on the foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware covered with glaze and gilding
Brief description
Earthenware vase covered with a brown glaze and gilding, made at the factory of Wolff, Warsaw, ca. 1783
Physical description
Earthenware vase covered with a brown glaze and gilding. Bulbous body, tall flaring neck and spreading foot. Painted round the body with a garden scene with trellis and plants. Plants, a bird and butterfly on the neck. Trellis diaper on the foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.3cm
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Gallery label
Vase Made at the factory of Wolff, Warsaw, Poland about 1783 Earthenware covered with a brown glaze and gilding C.91-1930(16/07/2008)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.91-1930

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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