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

Vase

1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of earthenware hand-painted in colours. Trumpet-shaped with a fluted rim. It expands upwards from the base to a wide lobed mouth and is decorated with daffodils on long stems symmetrically arranged.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, hand painted
Brief description
Vase of earthenware hand-painted in colours, Ulisse Cantagalli, Florence, 1900.
Physical description
Vase of earthenware hand-painted in colours. Trumpet-shaped with a fluted rim. It expands upwards from the base to a wide lobed mouth and is decorated with daffodils on long stems symmetrically arranged.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31cm
  • Diameter: 16.2cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • A crowing cockerel (painted)
  • 'Firenze ITALY' (printed in brown)
Object history
Cantagalli made a group of ceramics to contemporary designs for the international exhibition, Paris, 1900. This example is of that type.

Historical significance: In 1878 Ulisse Cantagalli inherited a factory in Florence and began to trade as Manifattura Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli. His main production was of copies of Italian maiolica, but also of other European and Middle Eastern ceramics. In 1900 he made a group of ceramics to new, contemporary designs specifically fior the international exhibition held in Paris in 1900. This example is of that type.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1585-1900

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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