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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

ca. 1758-68 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Vase
  • Vase
  • Cover
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Pair of potpourri vases and covers, Chelsea porcelain, ca. 1758-68
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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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37cm
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
Collection
Accession number
830-1882

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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