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

Vase

1820-1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped with two gilt handles. On either side of the upper part is a landscape, Bishop's Castle on one side and Flintshire on the other, in an oval panel reserved on a dark blue ground enriched with vine-sprays and formal foliage in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by Daniel Lucas senior, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, 1820-1825.
Physical description
Vase of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Crater-shaped with two gilt handles. On either side of the upper part is a landscape, Bishop's Castle on one side and Flintshire on the other, in an oval panel reserved on a dark blue ground enriched with vine-sprays and formal foliage in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '42' (In red)
  • 'Near Bishop's Castle, Salop' (On the base, written in black.)
  • 'Near Caerwis, Flintshire' (On the base, written in black.)
  • 'D' under a crown and crossed batons with six dots (In black)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a set of three vases C.302 to B-1935, formerly in the collection of Mr J.H.H.V. Lane.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.302B-1935

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Record createdJune 26, 2009
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