Not on display

Vase and Cover

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hard-paste porcelain vase, enamelled and gilded.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilded
Brief description
Vase, Germany (Berlin); made by the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin; ca. 1850
Physical description
Hard-paste porcelain vase, enamelled and gilded.
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

The model is a Berlin vase of about 1775 which, in the original, is white and gold, and has a naked boy holding a bottle and glass in place of the flowers. This vase was bought from Minton & Co., which was making vases after Berlin models of 1752 onwards in the 1840s.
Object history
The model is a Berlin vase of about 1775 which, in the original, is white and gold, and has a naked boy holding a bottle and glass in place of the flowers. This vase was bought from Minton & Co., which was making vases after Berlin models of 1752 onwards in the 1840s.
Production
The model is a Berlin vase of about 1775 which, in the original, is white and gold, and has a naked boy holding a bottle and glass in place of the flowers. This vase was bought from Minton & Co., which was making vases after Berlin models of 1752 onwards in the 1840s.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
623-1854

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Record createdMarch 17, 2006
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