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

Vase

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Hexagonal and beaker-shaped with a border round the rim of open basketwork, studded with blue flowers at the points of intersection. Above a row of projecting shell-like ornaments are two handles in the form of female masks from which are suspended festoons of flowers tied with pink ribbons applied in full relief. Butterflies and other insects are painted in the intervals of the festoons. The lower part is painted with bouquets. Round the base at each angle are scrolls in relief.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, hexagonal and beaker-shaped, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Hexagonal and beaker-shaped with a border round the rim of open basketwork, studded with blue flowers at the points of intersection. Above a row of projecting shell-like ornaments are two handles in the form of female masks from which are suspended festoons of flowers tied with pink ribbons applied in full relief. Butterflies and other insects are painted in the intervals of the festoons. The lower part is painted with bouquets. Round the base at each angle are scrolls in relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Width: 15.9cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of a pair with C.368-1935. Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.368A-1935

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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