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

Vase

ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of buff-coloured stoneware, with incised decoration, painted in shades of brown. Decorated with flowering plants in vertical panels pointed at the top and broken by a horizontal band of applied rosettes alternating with impressed discs. Round the lower part is a similar band, below which is a row of butterflies alternating with heart-shaped leaves. Round the top is conventional border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with incised and painted decoration
Brief description
Vase of stoneware with incised and painted decoration, made by James Stiff & Sons, The London Pottery , Lambeth, ca. 1875.
Physical description
Vase of buff-coloured stoneware, with incised decoration, painted in shades of brown. Decorated with flowering plants in vertical panels pointed at the top and broken by a horizontal band of applied rosettes alternating with impressed discs. Round the lower part is a similar band, below which is a row of butterflies alternating with heart-shaped leaves. Round the top is conventional border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
  • Diameter: 14.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J. STIFF & SONS LAMBETH' within an oval medallion (Impressed)
  • 'F. H.' (Incised)
  • '2732' (Incised)
Gallery label
Vase made by James Stiff & Sons, The London Pottery , Lambeth, London, England, 3826-1901(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Made at The London Pottery, Lambeth.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3826-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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