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

Celadon and Amelia

Vase and Cover
ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Boreman, Zachariah (painter)
Kauffman, Angelica (RA) (painter)
Place of origin
Derby (manufactured)

Vase and cover painted with a scene of Celadon and Amelia, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
TitleCeladon and Amelia (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Soft Paste Porcelain
Enamel
Painted
Glazed
Gilt
Brief description
Vase and cover painted with a scene of Celadon and Amelia, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1780
Physical description
Vase and cover painted with a scene of Celadon and Amelia, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain.
Marks and inscriptions
  • An anchor, in gold
  • '86' incised
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Production
Celadon and Armelia, from an engraving by F. Bartolozzi after Angelica Kauffmann. Landscape-painting probably by Zachariah Boreman.
The frieze with lions and mask was copied from a print after Polidoro da Caravaggio (see Clifford in References)
Bibliographic references
  • Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber&Faber, 1948. pp.72-3.
  • Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Black, 1947. 167 p.
  • Twitchett, John. Derby Porcelain. London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. 140 p.
  • Clifford, Sir Timothy, ‘Some English Ceramic Vases and their Sources, Part 2’ in Walford, Tom and Hilary Young British Ceramic Design, 1600-2002: Papers presented at the colloquium celebrating the 75th anniversary of the English Ceramic Circle, 1927-2002. 2003, p. 76, fig. 3
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
825:1, 2-1882

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
Record URL
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