On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

1813-1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barr, Flight & Barr (manufacturer)
Baxter, Thomas (painter)
Place of origin
Worcester (made)

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

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.2cm
  • Diameter: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Flight Barr & Barr Royal Porcelain Works Worcester London House No.1 Coventry Street' (Written in black)
  • 'ARIEL, attiring PROSPERO' (Painted in grey under the base)
Credit line
Given by Herbert Eccles, Esq.
Object history
The scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' is after T. Stothard.
Subjects depicted
Dragons
Scrollwork
Medallion
Figures
Ariel
Prospero
Literary referenceShakespeare's 'The Tempest'
Bibliographic reference
Gray, Jonathan. Herbert Eccles: chemist, collector, connoisseur. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, 2011, vol. 22, pp. 149-172.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.245-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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