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

Vase

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of bone china painted with enamels. Beaker-shaped with a high foot. Painted on one side with a cyclamen plant, and on the other with a spray of borage in eight-sided panels reserved on a ground coloured to imitate variegated marble. A band of bead ornament in relief above and below, and formal borders in gold on the foot and rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels
Brief description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels, possibly Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1810.
Physical description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels. Beaker-shaped with a high foot. Painted on one side with a cyclamen plant, and on the other with a spray of borage in eight-sided panels reserved on a ground coloured to imitate variegated marble. A band of bead ornament in relief above and below, and formal borders in gold on the foot and rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.700-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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