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

Vase

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with an ovoid body and short flaring neck, and on either side is a bouquet of flowers in a heart-shaped panel surrounded by a border of gilt rococo scrollwork and leafy sprays and reserved in white on a powdered blue ground, and within the lip is a formal border of gilding.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with an ovoid body and short flaring neck, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with an ovoid body and short flaring neck, and on either side is a bouquet of flowers in a heart-shaped panel surrounded by a border of gilt rococo scrollwork and leafy sprays and reserved in white on a powdered blue ground, and within the lip is a formal border of gilding.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Diameter: 9.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
'W' (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:485/A-1885 (Sch. I 561A)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Underhill, Worcester, for £21 in August 1882
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 561 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:485-1885

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Record createdJanuary 22, 2009
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