Vase and Cover
1810-1820 (made)
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Object Type
Sets of three, five, seven or even nine vases were known as 'suites of vases' in the 18th and early 19th centuries. They were commonly set out on mantelpieces, with the largest one in the middle, much as today. This is one of a set with C.511B-1935 and C.511C-1935 intended to be viewed from the front, as the finely painted panels are on one side only.
People
Robert Chamberlain (1736-1798), who founded the factory that made these vases, was apprenticed to learn 'pot painting' at the Worcester porcelain factory. In due course he took charge of the 'ornamental part of the production' there. Around 1786 he left this factory and started his own business in Worcester. At first he ran it as a decorating workshop, but within a few years he was manufacturing wares himself, in direct competition with his former employers. During the first decades of the 19th century, the factory specialized in tea- and tablewares with elaborate enamelling and gilding. These were often similar in style to those of the factory's Worcester rivals, but of higher quality.
Subjects Depicted
Shells, seaweed and trompe-l'oeil feathers were popular subjects for ornamental porcelain wares and cabinet pieces made at Worcester and Derby in the 1810s.
Sets of three, five, seven or even nine vases were known as 'suites of vases' in the 18th and early 19th centuries. They were commonly set out on mantelpieces, with the largest one in the middle, much as today. This is one of a set with C.511B-1935 and C.511C-1935 intended to be viewed from the front, as the finely painted panels are on one side only.
People
Robert Chamberlain (1736-1798), who founded the factory that made these vases, was apprenticed to learn 'pot painting' at the Worcester porcelain factory. In due course he took charge of the 'ornamental part of the production' there. Around 1786 he left this factory and started his own business in Worcester. At first he ran it as a decorating workshop, but within a few years he was manufacturing wares himself, in direct competition with his former employers. During the first decades of the 19th century, the factory specialized in tea- and tablewares with elaborate enamelling and gilding. These were often similar in style to those of the factory's Worcester rivals, but of higher quality.
Subjects Depicted
Shells, seaweed and trompe-l'oeil feathers were popular subjects for ornamental porcelain wares and cabinet pieces made at Worcester and Derby in the 1810s.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Vase and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by Robert Chamberlain, Worcester, 1810-1820. |
| Physical description | Vase and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. |
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
The form of these vases, in a set of three, is based on the Classical urn shape. The handles are modelled as the heads of satyrs, the half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology. In contrast, the shell panels reflect the growing interest in natural history. Regency designers were content to combine designs from a variety of sources.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Made at the factory of Robert Chamberlain, Worcester. One of a set of three vases C.511 to C-1935. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Object Type Sets of three, five, seven or even nine vases were known as 'suites of vases' in the 18th and early 19th centuries. They were commonly set out on mantelpieces, with the largest one in the middle, much as today. This is one of a set with C.511B-1935 and C.511C-1935 intended to be viewed from the front, as the finely painted panels are on one side only. People Robert Chamberlain (1736-1798), who founded the factory that made these vases, was apprenticed to learn 'pot painting' at the Worcester porcelain factory. In due course he took charge of the 'ornamental part of the production' there. Around 1786 he left this factory and started his own business in Worcester. At first he ran it as a decorating workshop, but within a few years he was manufacturing wares himself, in direct competition with his former employers. During the first decades of the 19th century, the factory specialized in tea- and tablewares with elaborate enamelling and gilding. These were often similar in style to those of the factory's Worcester rivals, but of higher quality. Subjects Depicted Shells, seaweed and trompe-l'oeil feathers were popular subjects for ornamental porcelain wares and cabinet pieces made at Worcester and Derby in the 1810s. |
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| Accession number | C.511&A-1935 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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