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

Vase

1888-1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of earthenware painted with enamels and glazed. Bulbous body with a long slender neck. Painted with a shoal of fishes in blue, turquoise, green and red against a background of green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamels and glazed
Brief description
Vase of earthenware, painted by Fred Passenger at William De Morgan, Sands End, Fulham, 1888-1898.
Physical description
Vase of earthenware painted with enamels and glazed. Bulbous body with a long slender neck. Painted with a shoal of fishes in blue, turquoise, green and red against a background of green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Maximum width: 17.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • A cross and 'F.P.' above two lines above '18' (painted in black)
  • 'W DE MORGAN & Co. SANDS END POTTERY' arranged in a circle inside a ring of dots enclosing a pair of wings (Impressed)
Gallery label
Vase Designed by William De Morgan, Painted by Frederick Passenger, made at the De Morgan pottery, Sands End, Fulham, England, 1888-97 Marks: Sands End Pottery mark, impressed, 'X FP 18', painted Earthenware with painted decoration in colours C.80-1923 Given by Miss Evelyn Brooke in memory of her father, the Rev. Stopford Brooke(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Miss Evelyn Brooke in memory of her father, the Rev. Stopford Brooke
Production
Made at Sands End, Fulham
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.80-1923

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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