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

Spill Vase

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Cone-shaped and with a wavy rim, high foot and two gilt handles in the form of eagles' heads with rings in their beaks. Round the top and foot are bead-ornament in relief. On one side is a figure of a rustic carrying a basket in a landscape, and on the other is a symmetrical device of foliage in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cone-shaped vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Cone-shaped and with a wavy rim, high foot and two gilt handles in the form of eagles' heads with rings in their beaks. Round the top and foot are bead-ornament in relief. On one side is a figure of a rustic carrying a basket in a landscape, and on the other is a symmetrical device of foliage in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.705-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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