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Flower vase
Billingsley, William, born 1758 - died 1828 - Enlarge image
Flower vase
- Place of origin:
Pinxton (made)
- Date:
ca. 1797-1799 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Billingsley, William, born 1758 - died 1828 (painter)
Pinxton Porcelain Factory (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:805/A-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case J, shelf 1
Physical description
Flower vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a semi-ovoid bowl and high spreading foot, and the surface of the bowl is divided by pendent laurel-sprays in gold, each flanked by two vertical wavy gilt lines into four panels, in each of which is a spray of flowers which include pink roses, yellow and red tulips, forget-me-nots, purple anemones, and blue and yellow convolvulus, and round the rim is a border of gilt foliage on a wavy stem.
Place of Origin
Pinxton (made)
Date
ca. 1797-1799 (made)
Artist/maker
Billingsley, William, born 1758 - died 1828 (painter)
Pinxton Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
'G' [Impressed]
Dimensions
Height: 13.9 cm, Diameter: 12.7 cm
Object history note
Part of a pair with 414:805-1885 (Sch. I 796).
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Smith, London, for £1 10 shillings in October 1866
Descriptive line
Flower vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by William Billingsley, made by Pinxton Porcelain Factory, Pinxton, ca. 1797-1799.
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
