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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Lantern

ca. 1724 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lantern and cover in hard-paste porcelain, moulded, pierced and painted in underglaze blue with lustre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Lantern
  • Lantern
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, pierced and painted in underglaze blue with lustre
Brief description
Lantern and cover in hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels with lustre, made by the Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, ca. 1724.
Physical description
Lantern and cover in hard-paste porcelain, moulded, pierced and painted in underglaze blue with lustre.
Style
Credit line
Given by Lord H. Lennox
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Kräftner, Johann,ed. Baroque Luxury Porcelain: The Manufacturers of Du Paquier in Vienna and of Carlo Ginori in Florence , with text by Claudia Lehner-Jobst, Andreina d'Agliano, Luca Melegati and others, Liechtenstein Museum, Prestel, 2005, p.131-132, no. 5
  • Bortolotto, Angelica Alverà. Storia della Ceramica a Venezia. Florence : Sansoni, 1981. Pl. CXXVII
Collection
Accession number
C.774&A-1936

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Record createdOctober 19, 1998
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