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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Bottle

1825-1848 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bone china bottle and stopper, decorated with 'Japan' pattern. Pear-shaped body with long narrow neck, cylindrical flat-topped stopper. Decorated with eight vertical panels, which are loosely based on Mughal designs, enclosing alternately a peony-plant on a red ground, and a prunus-tree on a green ground; on the top of the stopper is a rosette.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bottle Body
  • Bottle Stopper
Materials and techniques
Bone china, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Bone china bottle with 'Japan' pattern, painted in enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, England (Derby), 1825-1848
Physical description
Bone china bottle and stopper, decorated with 'Japan' pattern. Pear-shaped body with long narrow neck, cylindrical flat-topped stopper. Decorated with eight vertical panels, which are loosely based on Mughal designs, enclosing alternately a peony-plant on a red ground, and a prunus-tree on a green ground; on the top of the stopper is a rosette.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.1cm
  • Diameter: 21.9cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3072&A-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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