Vase
1813-1815 (made)
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Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Amphora-shaped with gilt handles in the form of dragons. The body is painted with gilt scrollwork on a deep blue ground. On one side is an oval medallion with two figures representing Ariel attiring Prospero, a scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. Gilt gadroons round the base of the body and a square foot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by Thomas Baxter, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, 1813-1815. |
| Physical description | Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Amphora-shaped with gilt handles in the form of dragons. The body is painted with gilt scrollwork on a deep blue ground. On one side is an oval medallion with two figures representing Ariel attiring Prospero, a scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. Gilt gadroons round the base of the body and a square foot. |
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| Credit line | Given by Herbert Eccles, Esq. |
| Object history | The scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' is after T. Stothard. |
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| Literary reference | Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' |
| Bibliographic reference | Gray, Jonathan. Herbert Eccles: chemist, collector, connoisseur. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, 2011, vol. 22, pp. 149-172. |
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| Accession number | C.245-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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