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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 in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped, with square plinth and two gilt-scrolled foliated loop handles springing from satyrs masks in relief. Painted in enamels with three figures among barrels near the sea, and with flowers on the other side, in two round panels with broad gilded border. The main body painted with underglaze 'bleu de roi' with gilt butterflies, the rock decorated with fantastic gilt-motives and scale pattern.


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Brief description
Vase, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, ca. 1820
Physical description
Vase in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped, with square plinth and two gilt-scrolled foliated loop handles springing from satyrs masks in relief. Painted in enamels with three figures among barrels near the sea, and with flowers on the other side, in two round panels with broad gilded border. The main body painted with underglaze 'bleu de roi' with gilt butterflies, the rock decorated with fantastic gilt-motives and scale pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.5cm
  • Diameter: 21.5cm
Dimensions converted from imperial
Marks and inscriptions
'BLOOR DERBY' encircling a crown (Transfer-printed in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joseph Henry Jacobs
Collection
Accession number
C.69-1950

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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