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Vase

Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Staffordshire (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1800 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    J. & C. Whitehead (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain painted with colours and gilded

  • Credit Line:

    Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support

  • Museum number:

    C.425-1918

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 16, shelf 2

Physical description

Vase of porcelain painted with colours and gilded. Crater-shaped body with two landscapes, on in colours and the other in mauve. Between them are two oval panels, in one of which is a lady standing and reading, and in the other a woman sits at a table writing. Gilt handles with lion masks. Spreading foot.

Place of Origin

Staffordshire (made)

Date

ca. 1800 (made)

Artist/maker

J. & C. Whitehead (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain painted with colours and gilded

Marks and inscriptions

A cross
In gold

Dimensions

Height: 19.1 cm, Diameter: 15.2 cm

Descriptive line

Vase of porcelain painted with colours and gilded, possibly made by J. & C. Whitehead, Staffordshire, ca. 1800.

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Painted; Gilded

Subjects depicted

Panels; Landscapes; Woman

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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