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

Flower Vase

ca. 1797-1799 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a semi-ovoid bowl and high spreading foot, and the surface of the bowl is divided by pendent laurel-sprays in gold, each flanked by two vertical wavy gilt lines into four panels, in each of which is a spray of flowers which include pink roses, blue and yellow convolvulus, yellow anemones and a purple poppy, and round the rim is a border of gilt foliage on a wavy stem.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Flower vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by William Billingsley, made by Pinxton Porcelain Factory, Pinxton, ca. 1797-1799.
Physical description
Flower vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a semi-ovoid bowl and high spreading foot, and the surface of the bowl is divided by pendent laurel-sprays in gold, each flanked by two vertical wavy gilt lines into four panels, in each of which is a spray of flowers which include pink roses, blue and yellow convolvulus, yellow anemones and a purple poppy, and round the rim is a border of gilt foliage on a wavy stem.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.9cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'G' [Impressed]
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a pair with 414:805/A-1885 (Sch. I 796A).
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Smith, London, for £1 10 shillings in October 1866
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 796 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:805-1885

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2009
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