Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Flower Holder

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower holder of salt-glazed stoneware in the form of a cornucopia, and with a flat back and the front has a wavy top, and moulded with bold spiral reeding below a wide border of vine-branches with leaves and grapes amidst which are a naked boy and two birds.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware and moulded
Brief description
Flower holder of salt-glazed stoneware in the form of a cornucopia, and with a flat back and moulded, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1745.
Physical description
Flower holder of salt-glazed stoneware in the form of a cornucopia, and with a flat back and the front has a wavy top, and moulded with bold spiral reeding below a wide border of vine-branches with leaves and grapes amidst which are a naked boy and two birds.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Width: 15.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:872/A-1885 (Sch. II 102A).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 102 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:872-1885

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Record createdFebruary 20, 2009
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