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

Vase and Cover

ca. 1745 (made), 1744 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs
Brief description
Vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs, modelled by J.J. Kändler in 1744, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1745.
Physical description
Vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 52.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue)
  • '17' (Impressed)
  • '20', incised
Credit line
Given by Miss R. Heriot in memory of Mr and Mrs Robert Heriot
Object history
This is a variant of one of the set of seven planets vases modelled in 1744 for the Empress Elisabeth of Russia.
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. XXXVII, p. 100.
Collection
Accession number
C.190&A-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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