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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 porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with two scroll handles, a row of beads round the neck, and on a square plinth. On one side, reserved on an apple-green ground, is a shaped panel painted with shells. Formal gilt border inside the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, panels probably painted by Thomas Barker, Barr, Flight & Barr, ca, 1820.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with two scroll handles, a row of beads round the neck, and on a square plinth. On one side, reserved on an apple-green ground, is a shaped panel painted with shells. Formal gilt border inside the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.463A-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.463-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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