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

Pot-Pourri Jar

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pot-pourri jar with cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with apple-blossom on a blue ground, reserved upon which are two oval panels painted with exotic birds. Gilt borders.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Pot Pourri Jar
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Pot-pourri jar with cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1815.
Physical description
Pot-pourri jar with cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with apple-blossom on a blue ground, reserved upon which are two oval panels painted with exotic birds. Gilt borders.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 9.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'FLIGHT, BARR & BARR / Proprietors of theRoyal Porcelain Works / WORCESTER / Established1751.' with the royal arms above and the Prince of Wales' feathers below; all within a circle surrounded with 'MANUFACTURERS to their MAJESTIES and the PRINCE REGENT London Warehouse, No. 1, Coventry Street' (Printed in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.458&A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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