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

Vase

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

Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with two gilt handles springing from lions' masks and bead ornament in relief round the rim and base. Painted on either side with a bouquet of flowers on a dark blue ground figured with scale-pattern in gold, on which are also reserved rosettes in white and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with two gilt handles springing from lions' masks and bead ornament in relief round the rim and base. Painted on either side with a bouquet of flowers on a dark blue ground figured with scale-pattern in gold, on which are also reserved rosettes in white and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'SPODE 1166' (Written in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a set of three vases C.702 to B-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.702-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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