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

Vase

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Amphora-shaped with scrolls handles, and moulded and gilded with lion-masks and acanthus leaves. Square foot. Painted with a view of Kirkham Priory, Yorkshire. Round the neck are gilt scrolls and foliations arranged symmetrically on either side. On the body is a circular panel edged with symmetrical gilt scrollwork and foliations and contains a landscape with a ruin, a stream, a man and woman, and a tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded, possibly painted by Daniel Lucas Senior, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Amphora-shaped with scrolls handles, and moulded and gilded with lion-masks and acanthus leaves. Square foot. Painted with a view of Kirkham Priory, Yorkshire. Round the neck are gilt scrolls and foliations arranged symmetrically on either side. On the body is a circular panel edged with symmetrical gilt scrollwork and foliations and contains a landscape with a ruin, a stream, a man and woman, and a tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons with six dots (In red)
  • Kirkham Priory, Yorkshire (Written in red under the base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1281-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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