On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barr, Flight & Barr (maker)
Baxter, Thomas (painter)
Place of origin
Worcester (made)

Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Urn-shaped with concave sides. Flaring rim with a beaded border and below it is a sloping neck with a border of palmettes in gold. On one side of the body is a panel showing Adam and Eve in the Garden, a scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. On the other side is a harp supported by symmetrical foliated scrollwork. Two gilt handles with helmeted heads, and a square foot.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, painted by Thomas Baxter, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1815.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Urn-shaped with concave sides. Flaring rim with a beaded border and below it is a sloping neck with a border of palmettes in gold. On one side of the body is a panel showing Adam and Eve in the Garden, a scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. On the other side is a harp supported by symmetrical foliated scrollwork. Two gilt handles with helmeted heads, and a square foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BFB' [under a crown] (Impressed)
  • 'Flight Barr & Barr Royal Porcelain Works Worcester London House No. 1 Coventry Street' (Written in black)
  • 'Paradise Lost / Now at his feet submissive in distress / Book 10' (Inscribed at the bottom in red)
Credit line
Given by Herbert Eccles, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Palmettes
Garden
Scrollwork
Foliated
Adam and Eve
Literary referenceMilton's 'Paradise Lost'
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.242-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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