Vase and Cover
ca. 1783-1784 (made)
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Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Vase with concave moulding on the shoulder and two small handles rising from grotesque masks. High foot rising from a square plinth. Decorated with acanthus foliage in relief and coloured blue and with an oval medallion on either side of the body, reserved on a ground of close vertical gilt striped painted in grey monochrome, one with a landscape and the other with a Celadon and Amelia after Angelica Kauffman. Domed cover surmounted by a conical top.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Vase and fixed cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby, ca. 1783-1784. |
| Physical description | Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Vase with concave moulding on the shoulder and two small handles rising from grotesque masks. High foot rising from a square plinth. Decorated with acanthus foliage in relief and coloured blue and with an oval medallion on either side of the body, reserved on a ground of close vertical gilt striped painted in grey monochrome, one with a landscape and the other with a Celadon and Amelia after Angelica Kauffman. Domed cover surmounted by a conical top. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'D' under a crown on the top of the plinth (In gold) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Part of a set of three vases C.263 to B-1935. The figure paintings are after a painting by Angelica Kauffmann. |
| Production | Gilding attributed to Thomas Soare by Stephen Mitchell, 2007, who dated the vases to 1783-4. The figure scene of celadon and Amelia is copied from a print by Angelic Kauffman published in 1782. Garnitures with this subject were offered for sale in the factory's auction of May 1783. |
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| Accession number | C.263-1935 |
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| Record created | June 29, 2009 |
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