Vase and Cover

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On display at V&A South Kensington

Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer) Soare, Thomas (gilded) Soare, Thomas (gilded by) Angelica Kauffman (artist)
Place of origin	Derby (made)

Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Vase with an ovoid body and two beaded loop handles. High foot rising from a square plinth. Decorated with acanthus foliage in relief and coloured blue and with an oval medallion on either side of the body, reserved on a ground of close vertical gilt striped painted in grey monochrome, one with a landscape and the other with a figure subject. Domed cover surmounted by a conical top.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Vase and cover
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Soft Paste Porcelain Enamels Painted Gilded
Brief description	Vase and fixed cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1783-1784.
Physical description	Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Vase with an ovoid body and two beaded loop handles. High foot rising from a square plinth. Decorated with acanthus foliage in relief and coloured blue and with an oval medallion on either side of the body, reserved on a ground of close vertical gilt striped painted in grey monochrome, one with a landscape and the other with a figure subject. Domed cover surmounted by a conical top.
Dimensions	Height: 25.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	'D' under a crown on the top of the plinth (In gold) '67' (Incised. Refers to the list of models and moulds in the Bemrose list in 'Small Term Vase'.)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history	Part of a set of three vases C.263 to B-1935. The figure paintings are after a painting by Angelica Kauffmann.
Production	Gilding attributed to Thomas Soare by Stephen Mitchell, who dated the garniture to 1783-4
Subjects depicted	Figures Landscape
Bibliographic references	Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, Pl. 8. The Age of Neo-Classicism, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1972 No. 1445
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.263B-1935

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Record created	June 29, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O499144/vase-and-cover-soare-thomas/

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