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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

1813-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped and with two gilt scrolled handles rising above the rim, and on a square plinth. Round the upper part is a wide frieze of flowers painted above a row of applied beads. Below is an apple-green ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, 1813-1820.
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped and with two gilt scrolled handles rising above the rim, and on a square plinth. Round the upper part is a wide frieze of flowers painted above a row of applied beads. Below is an apple-green ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Flight Barr & Barr Worcester London House 1 Coventry St.' (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.465A-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.465-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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