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Vase

ca. 1816 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a beaker on a high foot. Decorated on one side with a group of flowers in a scalloped medallion reserved on a dark blue ground, over which are designs of shells and seaweed and stems closely-set foliage in gold.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1816.
Physical description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a beaker on a high foot. Decorated on one side with a group of flowers in a scalloped medallion reserved on a dark blue ground, over which are designs of shells and seaweed and stems closely-set foliage in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Double 'S' above 'M780' (In overglaze blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a set of three vases C.683 to B-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.683B-1935

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Record createdAugust 3, 2009
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