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Vase and cover

Vase and cover

  • Place of origin:

    Staffordshire (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1757-60 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Longton Hall porcelain factory (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Soft-paste porcelain, pierced, and with applied decoration in high relief, painted in enamels and gilded

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber

  • Museum number:

    414:36/&A-1885

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery, case 40 []

Physical description

Vase and cover, of soft-paste porcelain, pierced, and with applied decoration in high relief, painted in enamels and gilded

Place of Origin

Staffordshire (made)

Date

ca. 1757-60 (made)

Artist/maker

Longton Hall porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Soft-paste porcelain, pierced, and with applied decoration in high relief, painted in enamels and gilded

Dimensions

Height: 40.6 cm, Width: 21.6 cm

Object history note

Acquired as Bow porcelain.
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Falcke's sale, Christie's, for £36 2 shillings in March 1867

Descriptive line

Vase and cover, of soft-paste porcelain, pierced, and with applied decoration in high relief, painted in enamels and gilded, made by Longton Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, ca. 1757-60

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Painted; Gilded; Pierced; Relief

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Birds; Hen; Cock; Girl

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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