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Jar

1888 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. H. Goss (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)

Vase of porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. Globular body with an expanding neck and gilt edge, and two small loop handles and three small feet. On one side are the arms of the Prince of Wales, and on the other are the initials 'AA' under the Prince of Wales's feathers and coronet, and the inscription 'SILVER WEDDING OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, MAR. 10, 1888'. On the bottom are printed the words 'MODEL OF ANCIENT PIPKIN DUG UP AT N.P. BANK, SOUTHAMPTON'.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Jar
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and painted with enamels and gilded
Porcelain
Enamels
Transfer-Printed
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and painted with enamels, W. H. Goss, Stoke-on-Trent, 1888.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. Globular body with an expanding neck and gilt edge, and two small loop handles and three small feet. On one side are the arms of the Prince of Wales, and on the other are the initials 'AA' under the Prince of Wales's feathers and coronet, and the inscription 'SILVER WEDDING OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, MAR. 10, 1888'. On the bottom are printed the words 'MODEL OF ANCIENT PIPKIN DUG UP AT N.P. BANK, SOUTHAMPTON'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Width: 10.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SILVER WEDDING OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, MAR. 10, 1888'
  • 'MODEL OF ANCIENT PIPKIN DUG UP AT N.P. BANK, SOUTHAMPTON' (Printed on the bottom)
  • A crest consisting of a falcon above the name of maker 'W. H. GOSS' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Prince of Wales Feathers
Arms
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
4043-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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