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The Chesterfield Vase

Vase and Cover
ca. 1762 - ca.1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Chelsea (made)

The Chesterfield Vase, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours in reserves on a Mazarine blue ground, and gilt.

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Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Vases
Containers
Access_to_Images 2003
SCRAN
Object type
Vase and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
TitleThe Chesterfield Vase (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours in reserves on a Mazarine blue ground, and gilt
Brief description
The Chesterfield Vase, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours in reserves on a Mazarine blue ground, Chelsea Porcelain Factory, ca. 1762-63
Physical description
The Chesterfield Vase, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours in reserves on a Mazarine blue ground, and gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 60.5cm
  • Width: 32.5cm
  • Depth: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
an anchor in brown enamel
Object history
Sale Mr. Christie, Pall Mall, A catalogue of all the Remaining curious and truly matchless Pieces of the Chelsea Porcelaine, Third Day’s Sale, 17 February 1770, lot 79, 'One large round urn and cover, mazarine blue and gold, most curiously enamell’d with a sleeping girl, &c.' 12l. 1s. 6d.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), purchased the vase in 1770.
Subjects depicted
Floral Patterns
Shell (Motif)
Birds
Peacocks
Acanthus
Anchor
Dogs
Men
Women
Costume
Associated object
C.52-1964
Bibliographic references
  • Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
  • Adams, Elizabeth. Chelsea Porcelain, The British Museum Press, 2001, 2nd. edition. pp 160-163
  • Nightingale, James Edward, Contributions towards the history of early English porcelain: From contemporary sources, (Salisbury: Bennett Brothers, 1881), p.10
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.53&A-1964

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Record createdNovember 3, 2003
Record URL
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