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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase and Lid

1788 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Inverted pear-shaped body resting on a high spreading foot, concave neck, two scrolled loop handles, with flowers and ribbons modelled and applied in relief, domed cover surmounted by a finial of similar applied flowers. On one side of the body is a large bouquet, on the other a group of melons and other fruit lying beside a pedestal supporting a garden vase. Smaller sprays of fruit and flowers decorate the cover and foot. The date is painted on the cover. The colours used are blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover for a Vase
Materials and techniques
tin-glazed earthenware with applied decoration, painted
Brief description
Vase and lid, tin-glazed earthenware with applied decoration of flowers, fruit and ribbons painted in colours. Italian (Naples), dated 1788
Physical description
Inverted pear-shaped body resting on a high spreading foot, concave neck, two scrolled loop handles, with flowers and ribbons modelled and applied in relief, domed cover surmounted by a finial of similar applied flowers. On one side of the body is a large bouquet, on the other a group of melons and other fruit lying beside a pedestal supporting a garden vase. Smaller sprays of fruit and flowers decorate the cover and foot. The date is painted on the cover. The colours used are blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple.
Credit line
Given by Mons. Albert Bichet
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.61&A-1911

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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