Vase and Cover
ca. 1850-60 (made)
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This rococo style vase is in 'Rose du Barry' or 'Rose du Pompadour', a delicate pink first used on Sèvres porcelain in the 1750s and revived in England in the nineteenth century. It is one of a pair and probably would have been displayed on a mantlepiece. Rococo style came to England from France in the 1730s, was out of fashion by the 1770s and enjoyed a long revival from about 1820. English companies, such as Coalport, catered for the enthusiasm for eighteenth-century porcelain of French and German factories such as Sèvres and Meissen, with their extravagant forms and bright sugary colours.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Vase and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Coalport Porcelain Factory, Coalport, ca. 1850-1860. |
| Physical description | Vase and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and made in imitation of Sèvres porcelain. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'C B D' (In monogram painted in overglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of a pair with C.561&A-1935. |
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| Summary | This rococo style vase is in 'Rose du Barry' or 'Rose du Pompadour', a delicate pink first used on Sèvres porcelain in the 1750s and revived in England in the nineteenth century. It is one of a pair and probably would have been displayed on a mantlepiece. Rococo style came to England from France in the 1730s, was out of fashion by the 1770s and enjoyed a long revival from about 1820. English companies, such as Coalport, catered for the enthusiasm for eighteenth-century porcelain of French and German factories such as Sèvres and Meissen, with their extravagant forms and bright sugary colours. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.561B&C-1935 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2008 |
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