Beaker
early 19th century (made)
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Octagonal porcelain beaker, decorated in the Japanese style. Eight-sided, with spreading circular mouth, painted with two wavy shaped panels, one containing peony shrubs, and the other two cranes among pine-trees; between them are gilt stems with flowers in colours on a dark blue ground, and immediately above is a scalloped border with red sprays on a gold ground. Round the mouth and foot are oblong panels containing floral ornament and scale-pattern; the inside of the mouth is also decorated with two peony-sprays.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Octagonal porcelain beaker, decorated in the Japanese style, Spode, England (Stoke-on-Trent), early 19th century |
| Physical description | Octagonal porcelain beaker, decorated in the Japanese style. Eight-sided, with spreading circular mouth, painted with two wavy shaped panels, one containing peony shrubs, and the other two cranes among pine-trees; between them are gilt stems with flowers in colours on a dark blue ground, and immediately above is a scalloped border with red sprays on a gold ground. Round the mouth and foot are oblong panels containing floral ornament and scale-pattern; the inside of the mouth is also decorated with two peony-sprays. |
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| Object history | Bought along with 347 to 351-1899 Japanese, Arita garniture from Miss H. Gulson for £130. |
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| Associated object | 349-1899 (Original) |
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| Accession number | 352-1899 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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