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Vase

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Width: 13.9cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Eastman, Bristol, for 15 shillings in December 1866
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 728 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:741-1885

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2009
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