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Vase

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Meissen Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Meissen (made)

Hard-paste porcelain vase, gilded and enamelled, with brass mounts; decorated with rigorously symmetrical arrangement of flowers and central scenes reminiscent of paintings by Watteau.

Object details

Categories
Porcelain
Ceramics
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, gilded, enamelled and mounted
Porcelain
Enamel
Brass
Gilded
Enamelled
Mounted
Brief description
Vase, Germany (Meissen); made by Meissen porcelain factory in emulation of the French rococo style; ca. 1830
Physical description
Hard-paste porcelain vase, gilded and enamelled, with brass mounts; decorated with rigorously symmetrical arrangement of flowers and central scenes reminiscent of paintings by Watteau.
Gallery label
Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March 2017:

'12
Set of Three Vases
1830-40

When John Jones bequeathedthese vases to the Museum, they were thought to date from about 1750. Now, we think they were made in the 1830s, to satisfy a new market for porcelain in the revived Rococo style. At the time, British importers were Meissen's second most importaint clients, and Meissen catalogues listed such pieces as 'in the English taste'.

Germany, Meissen; made at the Meissen porcelain factory
Hard-paste porcelain, with applied modelled decoration, painted in enamels andgilt; gilded bronze mounts

Museum no. 832 to B-1882
Bequest of John Jones'
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

These vases, once thought to date from about 1750, are now attributed to the 1830s because of the style of the Watteau-esque painting, the stiff, over-symmetrical arrangement of flowers, and the poor mounts, which appear on similar vases. They may have been made for the English market, which from 1825 onwards demanded pieces in the rococo style of about 1750. Listed in Meissen catalogues as "old French style" or "in the English taste", these represented a high proportion of the factory's output; English importers were its second most important clients.
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
One of three vases once thought to date from about 1750, now attributed to the 1830s because of the style of the Watteau-esque painting, the stiff, over-symmetrical arrangement of flowers, and the poor mounts, which appear on similar vases. The vases may have been made for the English market, which from 1825 onwards demanded pieces in the rococo style of about 1750.
Historical context
From 1825 onwards the English market demanded pieces in the rococo style of about 1750. Listed in Meissen catalogues as "old French style" or "in the English taste", these represented a high proportion of the factory's output; English importers were its second most important clients.
Production
Once thought to date from ca. 1750, now attributed to the 1830s because of the style of the Watteau-esque painting, the stiff, over-symmetrical arrangement of flowers, and the poor mounts, which appear on similar vases.
Subject depicted
Flower
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
832B-1882

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Record createdMay 31, 2006
Record URL
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