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

Ewer

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Toy ewer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped body on a square plinth, and with a gilt handle in the form of a serpent and spout in the form of an eagle with a ball in its beak. On one side of the body, reserved on an apple-green ground, is an oval panel painted with a bird in a landscape.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Toy ewer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Toy ewer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped body on a square plinth, and with a gilt handle in the form of a serpent and spout in the form of an eagle with a ball in its beak. On one side of the body, reserved on an apple-green ground, is an oval panel painted with a bird in a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Yellow Hammer' (Written in black on the base)
  • 'Flight Barr & Barr Worcester' (Written in black)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.462-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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