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Vase

Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Worcester (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1820 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Barker, Thomas (painter)
    Barr, Flight & Barr (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded

  • Credit Line:

    Bequeathed by Herbert Allen

  • Museum number:

    C.463-1935

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 15, shelf 7

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.

Place of Origin

Worcester (made)

Date

ca. 1820 (made)

Artist/maker

Barker, Thomas (painter)
Barr, Flight & Barr (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded

Dimensions

Height: 9.2 cm

Object history note

One of a pair with C.463A-1935.

Descriptive line

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, panels probably painted by Thomas Barker, Barr, Flight & Barr, ca, 1820.

Materials

Porcelain; Enamels

Techniques

Painted; Gilded

Subjects depicted

Shell; Border; Beading

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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