Vase
ca. 1770 (made)
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Vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. Flattened bulbous body moulded with a band of guilloche ornament on a ground painted in salmon-colour and crimson to imitate marble. The neck, lower part of the body and the short foot are moulded with acanthus foliage; it has two gilt foliated loop handles rising above the rim and is supported on a square plinth.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Derby Porcelain Factory, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. Flattened bulbous body moulded with a band of guilloche ornament on a ground painted in salmon-colour and crimson to imitate marble. The neck, lower part of the body and the short foot are moulded with acanthus foliage; it has two gilt foliated loop handles rising above the rim and is supported on a square plinth. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A star (Incised) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | NEG GG 701 (Photographed for T. Clifford's catalogue of Derby Figures & Vases, when captioned 'Derby, c. 1830-50') |
| Production | Acquired as Coalport. Reattributed to Derby by Timothy Clifford during the 1970s. |
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| Accession number | 3394-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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