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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1876 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Rörstrand (made)
Unknown
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

White encircled with branches of dog rose. A parrot forms the handle of the cover.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Faience
Object type
Vase
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover for Vase
Materials and techniques
Painted tin glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Brief description
Tin glazed earthenware with applied decoration and painted in colours. Swedish, Rorstrand, 1876.
Physical description
White encircled with branches of dog rose. A parrot forms the handle of the cover.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 15 1/2in
  • Taken from register diameter: 8 1/2in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Rorstrand (stamped on the bottom)
  • 1876 (painted on the bottom)
Credit line
Given by Robert Almström
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
2017-1877

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O308291/vase-unknown/
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