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

Flower Holder

1754-1756 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower holder of glazed soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Of cornucopia shape with a wavy rim, and with a faceted front curving to one side, and the flat black has two holes near the top for suspension. Painted on the front with a spirally cornucopia filled with flowers. The rim has double red lines.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Flower holder of glazed soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Vauxhall porcelain factory, Vauxhall, 1754-1756.
Physical description
Flower holder of glazed soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Of cornucopia shape with a wavy rim, and with a faceted front curving to one side, and the flat black has two holes near the top for suspension. Painted on the front with a spirally cornucopia filled with flowers. The rim has double red lines.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.2cm
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.19-1969

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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