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Amazon Vase

Vase and Base
1871 (made)
Artist/Maker
Doulton Ceramic Factory
Tinworth, George (designed by)
Place of origin
Lambeth

Vase in unglazed stoneware depicting an Amazon battle around the body, supported by springing horses.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Vases
Object type
Vase and base
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Base
TitleAmazon Vase (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, unglazed, hand-modelled
Stoneware
Modelled
Brief description
'Amazon' vase, unglazed hand-modelled stoneware, an Amazon battle depicted around the body, supported by sculptural springing horses, designed by George Tinworth, made by Doulton Lambeth, England, 1871. Displayed in the London International Exhibition of 1871.
Physical description
Vase in unglazed stoneware depicting an Amazon battle around the body, supported by springing horses.
Dimensions
  • Height: 163.5cm (Note: Total height of vase and base)
  • Vase height: 94cm
  • Base height: 69.5cm
  • Width: 143cm
Dimensions taken from the register.
Credit line
Given by Messrs. Doulton and Watts
Object history
Exhibited in the International Exhibition, London, 1871. The vase is George Tinworth's first monumental exhibition work, and is mentioned in Edmund Gosse's 1883 biography of George Tinworth as being in the South Kensington Museum.

Gifted to the museum by Doulton & Co. in 1872. Extract of a letter in the registered papers from Doulton to Henry Cole in 1872, 'we exhibited in the exhibition of 1871 a large vase called the Amazon Vase, the bell of which is ornamented with figures from the Antique. The design and execution of the vase were carried out by Mr George Tinworth of the Lambeth School of Art, and as the museum is the centre of these Art Schools, we thought a permanent place in the same would be only appropriate, if you think with us in this matter, we shall feel great pleasure in placing the vase at your disposal for this purpose. The vase is still in the pottery arcade of the late exhibition.'
Bibliographic reference
V&A Nominal File - Royal Doulton & Co. Ltd. MA/1/R1892
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.42&A-1989

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O301677/amazon-vase-vase-and-base-tinworth-george/
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