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

Vase and Cover

1770-1783 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, decorated at Chelsea, 1770-1783.
Physical description
Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.9cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In gold)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Formerly in the John Rainey Collection. The vase is copied from a Sèvres model described as a Vase à panneaux. The figure-subject is copied from Plate 110 engraved by J. Massard after a design by François Boucher, and dated 1767, in Vol. iii of Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide, published in Paris in 1768.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.208&A-1935

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
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