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

Night-Light Holder

ca. 1760-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Night-light holder ('Nachtlicht en bouquet') in hard-paste porcelain painted in colours. The body is piriform, mounted on three short legs and topped by a niche-like draught-shield of ogee-outline. A handle is at the back. Decorated with rocaille moulding, picked out with puce round the lip, base, feet and draught-shield. On the front of the body is a bouquet of flowers, and sprigs are scattered on the rest of the body and on the draught-shield.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded
Brief description
Night-light holder ('Nachtlicht en bouquet') in hard-paste porcelain painted in colours, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1760-1765
Physical description
Night-light holder ('Nachtlicht en bouquet') in hard-paste porcelain painted in colours. The body is piriform, mounted on three short legs and topped by a niche-like draught-shield of ogee-outline. A handle is at the back. Decorated with rocaille moulding, picked out with puce round the lip, base, feet and draught-shield. On the front of the body is a bouquet of flowers, and sprigs are scattered on the rest of the body and on the draught-shield.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A crowned wheel (In underglaze blue)
  • 'HI' (Incised)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.52-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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