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

Vase

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped and with two gilt handles springing from rams' heads. Square plinth. On one side of the upper part is a bouquet of flowers and two butterflies, modelled, painted and applied in full relief over a pale green ground. Gilt edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and modelled in relief
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1830.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped and with two gilt handles springing from rams' heads. Square plinth. On one side of the upper part is a bouquet of flowers and two butterflies, modelled, painted and applied in full relief over a pale green ground. Gilt edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Flight Barr & Barr Royal Porcelain Works Worcester London House 1 Coventry Street' (Written in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.472-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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