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

Artist/Maker	Doulton Ceramic Factory (manufacturer) Barnard, Harry (modeller)
Place of origin	London (made)

Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration. Oviform in shape with a low everted neck. Decorated to represent a pool with rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water.

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Categories	Ceramics Stoneware
Object type	Vase
Materials and techniques	Salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration Salt Glaze Stoneware Incised Painted Moulded Applied
Brief description	Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration, modelled by Harry Barnard, Doulton Ceramic Factory, London, dated 1882.
Physical description	Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration. Oviform in shape with a low everted neck. Decorated to represent a pool with rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water.
Dimensions	Height: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions	A rosette and 'DOULTON, LAMBETH' and dated 1882 'SW' and 'AA' (Impressed) 'HB' [monogram] (Incised) '202' (Incised)
Gallery label	(23/05/2008) Vase Modelled by Harry Barnard, Ella. H Adams, SW, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, England, 1882 Marks: 'Doulton Lamberth', interlocking Ds, 'AA SW 1882', impressed, 'HB', in monogram, '202', incised Salt-glazed stoneware with incised, applied and painted decoration C.54-1972
Object history	The curious mixture of the decoration representing a pool - with the rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water - is typical of the Japonisme of the period.
Subjects depicted	Goldfish Frog Tadpoles Chevrons
Bibliographic reference	Hakenjos, Bernd and Klinge, Ekkart, Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils: modern style, art nouveau, Hetjens-Museum, Dusseldorf, 1974
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.54-1972

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Record created	December 15, 1999
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17962/vase-barnard-harry/

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