Vase
- Place of origin:
Worcester, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1820 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Barr, Flight & Barr (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
- Museum number:
C.461-1935
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Beaker-shaped and with two small handles in the form of coiled gilt serpents, a row of beads round the cover, and a square plinth. On one side, reserved on a wide pale greenish-blue ground, is an eight-sided panel painted with a shepherd boy beside a cavern approached from behind by a wolf in a mountainous landscape.
Place of Origin
Worcester, England (made)
Date
ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/maker
Barr, Flight & Barr (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
'Flight Barr & Barr Royal Porcelain Works Worcester London House Coventry Street'
'FBB' under a crown
Dimensions
Height: 10.8 cm
Object history note
One of a pair with C.461A-1935. Formerly in the collection of Mr. Hamilton Hunter.
Descriptive line
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1820.
Materials
Porcelain; Enamels
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Landscape; Shepherd; Wolf; Serpents; Cavern
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
