Vase
1812-1839 (made)
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Vase and stand of porcelain, one of a pair, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. On one side is a panel with a view of Worcester. Crater-shaped, with scrolled acanthus-leaf handles supported on a cylindrical drum rising from a square plinth. The rim is fringed with pendant gilt acanthus-leaves, and surmounted by a row of white beads. Round the drum and on the reverse side of the body are gilt foliated scrolls springing from a vase. The decoration is on a green ground, partly veined in imitation of marble. Under the base is the name 'Worcester' written in red.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Vase and stand of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Grainger & Co., Worcester, 1812-1839 |
| Physical description | Vase and stand of porcelain, one of a pair, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. On one side is a panel with a view of Worcester. Crater-shaped, with scrolled acanthus-leaf handles supported on a cylindrical drum rising from a square plinth. The rim is fringed with pendant gilt acanthus-leaves, and surmounted by a row of white beads. Round the drum and on the reverse side of the body are gilt foliated scrolls springing from a vase. The decoration is on a green ground, partly veined in imitation of marble. Under the base is the name 'Worcester' written in red. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | One of a pair of vases [3318, 3319-1901]. |
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| Accession number | 3319&A-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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