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

Vase

1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Four nozzle shape apertures emerge from the pierced quadrangular body which is set above a short fluted stem above a square foot. At the centre of the body rises a tall nozzle, at the base of which are gilt stiff leaves and which terminates in a serrated square lip. The exterior has a matt finish. Some of the detail of the moulding is picked out in gilding. Enamelled poppies and other flowers picked out in gilding.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels, pierced, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, 1894
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Four nozzle shape apertures emerge from the pierced quadrangular body which is set above a short fluted stem above a square foot. At the centre of the body rises a tall nozzle, at the base of which are gilt stiff leaves and which terminates in a serrated square lip. The exterior has a matt finish. Some of the detail of the moulding is picked out in gilding. Enamelled poppies and other flowers picked out in gilding.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A crown set above a circular device encircled by 'Royal Worcester England', accompanied with three dots (Printed in puce)
  • 'RD.NO. 206 267' (Painted in puce)
  • '1633' (Painted in puce)
  • 'A.B.' (In red)
  • '77' (Incised)
  • 'y' (Painted in red)
  • '2' (Painted in black)
Credit line
Given by W.H. Maund, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.64-1969

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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