Spill Vase
ca. 1815 (made)
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Spill vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Beaker-shaped and with a spreading lip. Decorated in relief with a narrow-beaded border and two gilt handles held by birds heads. Painted with the figure of a woman in a panel carrying corn-sheaves in a landscape with a cottage and bordered with bands of raised gilt scrollwork. The other side is decorated with a foliated scroll pattern in gold on a deep blue ground. Square foot painted in gold and brown, and round the inside of the lip is a border of gilt scrolls and foliations.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in colours and gilded |
| Brief description | Spill vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1815 |
| Physical description | Spill vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Beaker-shaped and with a spreading lip. Decorated in relief with a narrow-beaded border and two gilt handles held by birds heads. Painted with the figure of a woman in a panel carrying corn-sheaves in a landscape with a cottage and bordered with bands of raised gilt scrollwork. The other side is decorated with a foliated scroll pattern in gold on a deep blue ground. Square foot painted in gold and brown, and round the inside of the lip is a border of gilt scrolls and foliations. |
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| Credit line | Given by Herbert Eccles, Esq. |
| Production | Painted by a pupil of Thomas Baxter. |
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| Accession number | C.253-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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