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

Vase

ca. 1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of red stoneware, covered with a white slip, and the lower part is ovoid and the upper part curves towards a wide neck, and painted with a central band of flowers and foliage in yellow, green, blue, purple, soluble brown, and black, bordered with lines of blue and purple, and the rim is encircled with blue and purple lines and edged with black dots.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, slip and painted
Brief description
Vase of red stoneware, covered with a white slip, and the lower part is ovoid and the upper part curves towards a wide neck, painted by Ruth Paveley, made by Carter, Stabler & Adams Ltd., Poole, ca. 1930.
Physical description
Vase of red stoneware, covered with a white slip, and the lower part is ovoid and the upper part curves towards a wide neck, and painted with a central band of flowers and foliage in yellow, green, blue, purple, soluble brown, and black, bordered with lines of blue and purple, and the rim is encircled with blue and purple lines and edged with black dots.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30cm
  • Diameter: 18.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CARTER / STABLER / ADAMS Ltd / POOLE / ENGLAND' (Impressed within a rectangle)
  • '899' (Shape number, incised)
  • '/ZA' (Pattern code, painted)
  • Cross shape [paintress's insignia]
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
The Poole potteries : February to April 1978, London, HMSO, 1978
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.376-1976

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Record createdNovember 10, 2008
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