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

Vase and Cover

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

Vase and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped and with two gilt handles with a shell on the top. Square plinth. Painted with the figure-subject of 'The Reward of Innocence' on the square panel on one side of the upper part, showing a woman receiving a stem of lilies from the infant Christ who stands on the lap of the Virgin. The reverse is decorated with symmetrical scrolled foliage in gold on a salmon-red ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by Thomas Baxter or by one of his pupils, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Vase and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped and with two gilt handles with a shell on the top. Square plinth. Painted with the figure-subject of 'The Reward of Innocence' on the square panel on one side of the upper part, showing a woman receiving a stem of lilies from the infant Christ who stands on the lap of the Virgin. The reverse is decorated with symmetrical scrolled foliage in gold on a salmon-red ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'The Reward of Innocence' (Written in red under the base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.466B&C-1935. Formerly in the William Bemrose Collection.
Production
Probably painted by a pupil of Thomas Baxter
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.466&A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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