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

Vase

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of tall, splayed beaker shape with pierced basketwork border at the top, moulded with forget-me-not flowers picked out in blue and yellow; the same flower motif, moulded and enamelled, though not pierced, appears on the foot. Just above the foot is a projecting ruff apparently simulating feathers and leaves and picked out in pink and blue; round the centre of the exterior is a band of ornament including two coloured cherub-heads; the remainder of the exterior applied with coloured flowers and painted with insects on a white ground. The interior is plain white.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with applied and enamelled decoration
Brief description
Vase, soft-paste porcelain with applied and enamelled decoration; Bow Porcelain Factory, England (London), ca. 1765
Physical description
Vase of tall, splayed beaker shape with pierced basketwork border at the top, moulded with forget-me-not flowers picked out in blue and yellow; the same flower motif, moulded and enamelled, though not pierced, appears on the foot. Just above the foot is a projecting ruff apparently simulating feathers and leaves and picked out in pink and blue; round the centre of the exterior is a band of ornament including two coloured cherub-heads; the remainder of the exterior applied with coloured flowers and painted with insects on a white ground. The interior is plain white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.7cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Irene Babington Jones
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.34-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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