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

Vase

ca. 1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of white stoneware, ovoid in shape with a large mouth and upright neck, and decorated with moulded handles, at the join of the neck and body, in the form of upright scrolls and bunch of grapes, and the handles and inner surface is glazed shiny pink, and the vase body is covered with a mottled grey glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware and glazed
Brief description
Vase of white stoneware, ovoid in shape with a large mouth and upright neck, and with moulded handles, designed by John Adams, made by Carter, Stabler & Adams Ltd., Poole, ca. 1935.
Physical description
Vase of white stoneware, ovoid in shape with a large mouth and upright neck, and decorated with moulded handles, at the join of the neck and body, in the form of upright scrolls and bunch of grapes, and the handles and inner surface is glazed shiny pink, and the vase body is covered with a mottled grey glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.5cm
  • Diameter: 24.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'POOLE, ENGLAND' (Impressed within a rectangle)
  • '695' (Incised shape number)
  • 'C50A' (Printed)
  • Three dots [vertical] with two vertical thin lines on their right (Printed)
Bibliographic reference
The Poole potteries : February to April 1978, London, HMSO, 1978
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.375-1976

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Record createdNovember 10, 2008
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