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

The Arabian

Vase
c.1840-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of biscuit porcelain, of flaring fluted form with a long tapering cylindrical neck terminating in foliate piercing. The widest part is adorned with leaves and grapes and the vase stands on an undulating domed foot with a similar applied motif. The junction of the body and foot is decorated with applied leaves. The handles are in the form of rearing horses, their forehoofs on rococo scrolls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Arabian (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Biscuit porcelain, modelled and moulded
Brief description
Vase,'The Arabian', biscuit porcelain, decorated with porcelain grapes, foliage and two horses, Grainger's factory, Worcester, about 1840-50
Physical description
Vase of biscuit porcelain, of flaring fluted form with a long tapering cylindrical neck terminating in foliate piercing. The widest part is adorned with leaves and grapes and the vase stands on an undulating domed foot with a similar applied motif. The junction of the body and foot is decorated with applied leaves. The handles are in the form of rearing horses, their forehoofs on rococo scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.5cm
Dimensions taken from the register.
Marks and inscriptions
(No marks.)
Production
This design is featured in the Grainger factory's pattern book.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Registered papers 76/573.
Collection
Accession number
C.273-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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