Vase
1825-1855 (made)
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Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours, gilded and with moulded and applied ornament. Elongated pear-shaped body prolonged upwards to form a narrow neck, and moulded on either side with gilt rococo scrollwork enclosing panels which are painted respectively with damsons on a branch and a spray of scarlet convolvulus. The remaining surface is covered with closely set forget-me-nots applied in relief and picked out in blue and yellow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours, gilded and with moulded and applied ornament |
| Brief description | Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours, gilded, and with applied ornament, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, 1825-1855 |
| Physical description | Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours, gilded and with moulded and applied ornament. Elongated pear-shaped body prolonged upwards to form a narrow neck, and moulded on either side with gilt rococo scrollwork enclosing panels which are painted respectively with damsons on a branch and a spray of scarlet convolvulus. The remaining surface is covered with closely set forget-me-nots applied in relief and picked out in blue and yellow. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray |
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| Accession number | C.2558-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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