Vase
ca. 1763-68 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels, moulded in relief and gilded |
| Brief description | 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 |
| 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | 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 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Mallet, J.V.G., 'Chelsea Gold Anchor Vases, I: The Forms', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol.17, Part 1, 1999, p. 146, fig. 35 |
| Other number | Sch. I 207B - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:241/B-1885 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2008 |
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