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Vase
Chelsea Porcelain factory - Enlarge image
Vase
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
ca. 1763-68 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Chelsea Porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted with enamels, moulded in relief and gilded
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:241/B-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 2, shelf 3
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, painted with enamels, moulded in relief and gilded on a dark mazarine-blue ground, with a bulbous body moulded with vine leaves, grapes and branches, and decorated with insects in gold on a blue ground, and with a short narrow neck expanding upwards and moulded with a border of pointed leaves, and with two scrolled handles springing from the shoulder, and a high foot with a foliated border.
Place of Origin
London (made)
Date
ca. 1763-68 (made)
Artist/maker
Chelsea Porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels, moulded in relief and gilded
Dimensions
Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
Object history note
One of a set of three vases 414:241/ to B-1885 (Sch. I 207 to B)
The set was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Cavallo or Cavalle, London, for £50 and £75 in August 1868
Descriptive line
Vase of porcelain, painted with enamels, moulded in relief and gilded on a dark mazarine-blue ground, and with a bulbous body, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1763-68
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Mallet, J.V.G., 'Chelsea Gold Anchor Vases, I: The Forms', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol.17, Part 1, 1999, p. 146, fig. 35
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Moulded; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Leaves
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
