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

Vase

1796-1801 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain. In the form of a cup with long ovoid body and baluster foot. Painted in enamels with one large and three small sprays of cornflowers. Round the rim and the edge of the foot is a blue line.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, Pinxton Porcelain Factory, England (Pinxton), 1796-1801
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain. In the form of a cup with long ovoid body and baluster foot. Painted in enamels with one large and three small sprays of cornflowers. Round the rim and the edge of the foot is a blue line.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by John Hawkins, Esq. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain London: Faber & Faber, 1948, p. 208, note 4.
Collection
Accession number
3085-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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