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Vase

ca. 1862 (made)
Artist/Maker
Imperial Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
St Petersburg (made)

Hard-paste porcelain vase, enamelled and with high-quality gilding. Large in size, in neo-classicist style, bearing a portrait derived from Kneller's 1697 painting of John Locke.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilded
Porcelain
Enamelled
Gilded
Brief description
Vase, Russia (St. Petersburg); made by the Imperial Porcelain Factory; ca. 1862
Physical description
Hard-paste porcelain vase, enamelled and with high-quality gilding. Large in size, in neo-classicist style, bearing a portrait derived from Kneller's 1697 painting of John Locke.
Style
Neo-Classicism
Gallery label
  • Room 101, Europe & America 1800-1900 'This vase from the Russian Imperial Porcelain Manufactory includes a portrait of the English philosopher John Locke, presumably chosen specifically for the London exhibition. The Neo-classical form of the vase would have been old fashioned. But the interlaced decoration, reminiscent of Gothic and Russian traditions, reflects the rise of Slavic nationalism that had gathered pace since the 1830s.'
  • 'American and European Art and Design 1987-2006' The Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, a prestige project, lost money largely because of poor marketing. In the 1860s it produced porcelain valued at 100,000 roubles a year, of which the Czar's orders were not to exceed 60,000 roubles. This vase, shown at the London 1862 Exhibition, is typical of the products of the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in its lingering neo-classicism, its large size, and the high quality gilding and painting. Panslavic nationalism of the 1830s onwards is the origin of the Gothic-pseudo-Russian interlace. The portrait derives from Kneller's 1697 painting of John Locke.
Credit line
Given by the Emperor Alexander II
Object history
This vase, shown at the London 1862 Exhibition, is typical of the products of the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in its lingering neo-classicism, its large size, and the high quality gilding and painting. Panslavic nationalism of the 1830s onwards is the origin of the Gothic-pseudo-Russian interlace. The portrait derives from Kneller's 1697 painting of John Locke.
Historical context
The Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, a prestige project, lost money largely because of poor marketing. In the 1860s it produced porcelain valued at 100,000 roubles a year, of which the Czar's orders were not to exceed 60,000 roubles.
Associations
Locke, John
Kneller, Godfrey (Sir, Bart.)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
9093-1862

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Record createdMarch 17, 2006
Record URL
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