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Vase

1812-1839 (made)
Artist/Maker
Grainger & Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Worcester (made)

Vase and stand of porcelain, one of a pair, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. On one side is a panel with a view of Worcester. Crater-shaped, with scrolled acanthus-leaf handles supported on a cylindrical drum rising from a square plinth. The rim is fringed with pendant gilt acanthus-leaves, and surmounted by a row of white beads. Round the drum and on the reverse side of the body are gilt foliated scrolls springing from a vase. The decoration is on a green ground, partly veined in imitation of marble. Under the base is the name 'Worcester' written in red.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Vase
  • Stand
  • Fragment
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Porcelain
Enamel
Painted
Gilt
Brief description
Vase and stand of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Grainger & Co., Worcester, 1812-1839
Physical description
Vase and stand of porcelain, one of a pair, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. On one side is a panel with a view of Worcester. Crater-shaped, with scrolled acanthus-leaf handles supported on a cylindrical drum rising from a square plinth. The rim is fringed with pendant gilt acanthus-leaves, and surmounted by a row of white beads. Round the drum and on the reverse side of the body are gilt foliated scrolls springing from a vase. The decoration is on a green ground, partly veined in imitation of marble. Under the base is the name 'Worcester' written in red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 65.1cm
  • Diameter: 38.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Worcester' (Inscription written in red under the base)
  • 'Grainger Lee & Co. Worcester' (Maker's mark written in red)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
One of a pair of vases [3318, 3319-1901].
Subjects depicted
Acanthus
Leaf Scrolls
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3319&A-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O346719/vase-grainger--co/
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