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

Vase and Cover

1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase with cover, porcelain with painting in enamels and gilding.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with painting in enamels and gilding
Brief description
Vase with cover, porcelain with painting in enamels and gilding, designed and decorated by Suzanne-Estelle Apoil at Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1880
Physical description
Vase with cover, porcelain with painting in enamels and gilding.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Décoré à Sèvres RF 80" (Maker's mark, printed on base in pink)
  • 'EAP' (Signature, in mongram painted in the decoration)
Credit line
Given by Mons. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts
Object history
Given by Mons. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Apoil working 1865-92; (designer and) decorator
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
176&A-1881

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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