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

Vase

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with a square plinth and two scrolled foliated loop handles springing from satyrs' masks in relief. On the body is painted a child fishing from a rock in a quatrefoil-shaped panel with a black and gold border reserved on a pale pink ground. On one side of the neck, and on the foot and plinth, is classical foliage in gold on a black ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by John Haslem, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1840.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with a square plinth and two scrolled foliated loop handles springing from satyrs' masks in relief. On the body is painted a child fishing from a rock in a quatrefoil-shaped panel with a black and gold border reserved on a pale pink ground. On one side of the neck, and on the foot and plinth, is classical foliage in gold on a black ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
A circular band inscribed with 'BLOOR DERBY' (Printed in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.311-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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