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

Vase

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of parian ware decorated with modelled floral encrustations. Baluster shape with a flaring mouth formed of a calyx of celery-stems rising from a scrolled base. These are drawn in at the neck and then flare outwards to form an openwork orifice of stems and leaves. Bouquets of modelled flowers are placed at four points of the circumference of the body and at four intermediate points on the neck.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Parian ware, modelled
Brief description
Vase of parian ware decorated with modelled floral encrustations, made at Hill Top Pottery, Samuel Alcock & Co., Burslem, ca. 1850
Physical description
Vase of parian ware decorated with modelled floral encrustations. Baluster shape with a flaring mouth formed of a calyx of celery-stems rising from a scrolled base. These are drawn in at the neck and then flare outwards to form an openwork orifice of stems and leaves. Bouquets of modelled flowers are placed at four points of the circumference of the body and at four intermediate points on the neck.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Royal Arms above 'Saml. Alcock & Co.' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Given by Mrs F.E. Williams
Production
Made at Hill Top Pottery.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.332-1951

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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