Vase
ca. 1775 (made)
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Vase of white glazed hard-paste porcelain, probably intended for a pastille burner; the body is in the shape of a hemispherical bowl, with the top partially covered in by a concave fluted shoulder and flange; round the upper part of the bowl is a border of guilloche ornament in relief, interrupted by three small projecting lips of foliated form; the bowl is supported by a central baluster and by three griffins, sitting erect with outspread wings on a triangular plinth with incurved sides, which are decorated with rams' masks and festoons of foliage in relief between two echinus mouldings
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed hard-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Vase of white glazed hard-paste porcelain, probably intended for a pastille burner; the body is in the shape of a hemispherical bowl, with the top partially covered, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Vase of white glazed hard-paste porcelain, probably intended for a pastille burner; the body is in the shape of a hemispherical bowl, with the top partially covered in by a concave fluted shoulder and flange; round the upper part of the bowl is a border of guilloche ornament in relief, interrupted by three small projecting lips of foliated form; the bowl is supported by a central baluster and by three griffins, sitting erect with outspread wings on a triangular plinth with incurved sides, which are decorated with rams' masks and festoons of foliage in relief between two echinus mouldings |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Eastman, Bristol, for 15 shillings in December 1866 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 728 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:741-1885 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2009 |
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