Vase
ca. 1758-68 (made)
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Potpourri vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded. Of inverted pear-shape raised on four scroll and acanthus feet, the necks piercede, the handles of elaborate rococo form, the covers pierced and each with a slot corresponding with a projection in the mouth of the vase. One side painted with a scene of cattle and herdsmen in Flemish style, and on the other with exotic birds amongst vegetation in landscapes, both panels surrounded by floral garlands in gilding and reserved on a claret ground; the neck, feet, handles and covers partly plain white and partly picked out in claret and gilding.
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Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Pair of potpourri vases and covers, Chelsea porcelain, ca. 1758-68 C C C C |
Physical description | Potpourri vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded. Of inverted pear-shape raised on four scroll and acanthus feet, the necks piercede, the handles of elaborate rococo form, the covers pierced and each with a slot corresponding with a projection in the mouth of the vase. One side painted with a scene of cattle and herdsmen in Flemish style, and on the other with exotic birds amongst vegetation in landscapes, both panels surrounded by floral garlands in gilding and reserved on a claret ground; the neck, feet, handles and covers partly plain white and partly picked out in claret and gilding. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
Object history | Formerly Jones Collection |
Bibliographic reference | J.V.G. Mallet. Chelsea Gold Anchor Vases I: The Forms. English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. 17, part 1, pp. 126-163. This pair of vases belong to the Dudley class (the name derives from the only surviving garniture of seven Gold Anchor Chelsea vases, named after one of its previous owners, Lord Dudley, now at Upton House. '....The influence of the Vincennes pot pourry à jour on the shapes united to form the Dudley garniture is not very obvious, yet three of the forms have the four splayed scroll feet suggestive of that model. All four, however are of oval section, presenting two main views and with variously shaped scroll handles on the thin sides.' p.150 |
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Accession number | 830-1882 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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