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

Vase

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval with shaped sides and a wavy edge. Divided by four vertical green bands decorated with brown diaper ornament into panels, which are painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase and stand of hard-paste porcelain, Le Nove porcelain factory, Nove, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Vase and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval with shaped sides and a wavy edge. Divided by four vertical green bands decorated with brown diaper ornament into panels, which are painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.9cm
  • Width: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Nove' (In gold)
  • A eight-pointed star (In gold)
Gallery label
FLOWER POT (VASE EVANTAIL) Porcelain Marks: "Nove", and a star ITALY (LE NOVE); about 1780 399&A-1864 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
399&A-1864

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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