Vase

1825-1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.8cm
  • Diameter: 7.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • The cipher of Czar Nicholas I beneath a crown (In blue)
  • '2.' (In gold)
  • '8' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.2558-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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