Ewer
ca. 1752-54 (made)
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Ewer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Of rococo silver form with a handle in the shape of a dragon. Painted with sprays of flowers in panels of scrollwork picked out in pink and gold.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Ewer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Vauxhall porcelain factory, Vauxhall, ca. 1752-54. |
| Physical description | Ewer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Of rococo silver form with a handle in the shape of a dragon. Painted with sprays of flowers in panels of scrollwork picked out in pink and gold. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Spero, Simon. Vauxhall Porcelain - A Tentative Chronology, English Ceramics Circle Transactions, 2003, Volume 18, part 2, pp 349-372. 'The rococo vases, the remarkable large dragon-handled ewers derived from contemporary silver and the moulded pedestal cream jugs, all exhibit a measure of rococo exuberance entirely absent from the more conventional domestic output of the later 1750s', p.357. |
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| Accession number | C.1337-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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