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

Vase

1858 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped body with the neck ending in a flared lip. Painted at the front with a classical profile head in sepia on a pink ground, and contained within a gilt oval band and a gilt wreath. Neck with horizontal band of gilt. Foot and lip with gilt lines, the remainder is white.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Kerr, Binns & Co., Worcester, 1858
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped body with the neck ending in a flared lip. Painted at the front with a classical profile head in sepia on a pink ground, and contained within a gilt oval band and a gilt wreath. Neck with horizontal band of gilt. Foot and lip with gilt lines, the remainder is white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A shield with 'K&B' (Printed in red)
  • 'WORCESTER' (Printed in red)
  • '58' (Printed in red)
Credit line
Given by Miss R. Pride
Object history
One of a pair with C.107A-1967.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.107-1967

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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