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

Spill Vase

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Beaded border below a flat flaring rim. Cylindrical body with a panel painted with a scene from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'. On the other side is a band of palmettes. Square foot and ringed masked handles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, painted by Thomas Baxter, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1815
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Beaded border below a flat flaring rim. Cylindrical body with a panel painted with a scene from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'. On the other side is a band of palmettes. Square foot and ringed masked handles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Act III, Sc. I. Beatrice. Benedict, love on' (Painted in grey under the base)
Credit line
Given by Herbert Eccles, Esq.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceShakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Collection
Accession number
C.241-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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