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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Brazier

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brazier of red earthenware with impressed decoration covered with a dark brown glaze. In the form of a round basket with a high plaited arch handle, at the lower ends of which are human masks. The body is impressed with vertical bands of conventional ornament of two designs alternately.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with impressed decoration covered with a dark brown glaze
Brief description
Brazier of red earthenware with impressed decoration covered with a dark brown glaze, Bologna, 19th century.
Physical description
Brazier of red earthenware with impressed decoration covered with a dark brown glaze. In the form of a round basket with a high plaited arch handle, at the lower ends of which are human masks. The body is impressed with vertical bands of conventional ornament of two designs alternately.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.8cm
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
4212-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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