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

Vase

1757 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and with an elongated ovoid body and concave neck, and with a full-length portrait of the Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, and below it is a military trophy with three flags bearing the names of Frederick's victories, 'Reisberg, Prague, Collin', 'Welham, Rossbach, Breslau', and 'Neumark, Lissa, Breslau', and both prints are inscribed 'R H Worcester', and above the figure of Frederick are two cupids holding a laurel-wreath and a palm branch, and a battle is represented in the background, and on the reverse is a figure of Fame blowing two trumpets.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel
Brief description
Vase of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and with an elongated ovoid body and concave neck, and print engraved by Robert Hancock, and made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, 1757.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and with an elongated ovoid body and concave neck, and with a full-length portrait of the Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, and below it is a military trophy with three flags bearing the names of Frederick's victories, 'Reisberg, Prague, Collin', 'Welham, Rossbach, Breslau', and 'Neumark, Lissa, Breslau', and both prints are inscribed 'R H Worcester', and above the figure of Frederick are two cupids holding a laurel-wreath and a palm branch, and a battle is represented in the background, and on the reverse is a figure of Fame blowing two trumpets.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Diameter: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Reisberg / Prague / Collin' (Printed on the military trophy within the flag on the left)
  • 'R H Worcester' (Inscribed on the portrait)
  • 'R H Worcester' and an anchor (Inscribed on the military trophy with three flags and the anchor is the mark of Richard Holdship)
  • 'KING of PRUSSIA' (Below the portrait of the King)
  • 'Welham / Rossbach / Breslau' (Printed on the military trophy within the flag in the middle)
  • 'Neumark / Lissa / Breslau' (Printed on the military trophy within the flag on the right)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
The king's portrait is from a plate by Robert Hancock after a painting by Antoine Pesne
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from a sale at Christie's for £9 10 shillings in November 1882
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 617 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:488-1885

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2009
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