Covered Vase and Cover
ca. 1805 (made)
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Ovoid body with small shell handles, the cover pierced with circular openings. On either side of the body a panel enclosed by a band of gilt foliage in reserve on a pale pink ground. The panels are painted one with a group of fruit on a table, the other with a military scene of a group of soldiers in an open barn over which flies the Union Jack in a form used before 1801.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt |
| Brief description | Vase and two covers, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, painting attributed to John Brewer, manufactured by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1805 |
| Physical description | Ovoid body with small shell handles, the cover pierced with circular openings. On either side of the body a panel enclosed by a band of gilt foliage in reserve on a pale pink ground. The panels are painted one with a group of fruit on a table, the other with a military scene of a group of soldiers in an open barn over which flies the Union Jack in a form used before 1801. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in crimson on underside) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber&Faber, 1948. 127 p.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.296A/1 to 3-1935 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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