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America
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America
- Object:
Jardinière
- Place of origin:
Longport, England (made)
- Date:
1807-1812 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Davenport & Co. (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Hard-paste porcelain painted in brown enamel and gilded
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
2642-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case I, shelf 2
Physical description
Jardinière of hard-paste porcelain, painted in brown with a figure allegorical of America, and decorated with gilding. Of semi-circular section, with two gilt ring handles. Painted with a reclining figure of an Indian woman with a baby beside her, a Cupid flying above and a stag and palm trees in the background, all in an oval medallion with a gilt conventional border. The bottom is inscribed 'America.'
Place of Origin
Longport, England (made)
Date
1807-1812 (made)
Artist/maker
Davenport & Co. (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in brown enamel and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
'Davenport' and an anchor
Dimensions
Height: 12.1 cm, Width: 13.7 cm
Descriptive line
Jardinière depicting an allegorical figure of 'America', hard-paste porcelain painted in brown enamel and gilded, Davenport & Co., Longport, 1807-1812.
Materials
Enamel; Hard paste porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Allegorical figures; America
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
