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Vase

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of flowers for a dessert setting, of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded; the vase of rococo scrolled form, with a high foot and with panels on either side painted with a bouquet of flowers and a figure of a woman, and a modelled bouquet of flowers is inserted in the top.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and modelled
Brief description
Vase of flowers of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with the vase of rococo scrolled form, with a high foot and a modelled bouquet of flowers inserted in the top, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Vase of flowers for a dessert setting, of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded; the vase of rococo scrolled form, with a high foot and with panels on either side painted with a bouquet of flowers and a figure of a woman, and a modelled bouquet of flowers is inserted in the top.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:47/A-1885 (Sch. I 315A). Acquired as Bow porcelain.
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Burlingham, Lynn, for £1 3 shillings in November 1866
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 315 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:47-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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