Vase and Cover
ca. 1758-1762 (made)
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Object Type
In 18th-century Britain, fireplaces were thought to look bare when empty and not in use. One solution was to cover the fireplace with a painted chimney-board, and another was to place a large vase in or in front of it. This vase would have been big enough to fill a fireplace. Smaller vases of this shape are shown on carved wooden stands in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director of 1754.
Design & Designing
The potter based the shape on a Chinese vase, but elongated it. Similar landscape decoration is found on Liverpool delftware vases, suggesting that the painter also decorated delftware (tin-glazed earthenware).
Making & Materials
This vase is a very ambitious production, and must have been difficult to throw and fire, especially as the porcelain industry in Britain was only about 15 years old at the time it was made. It was thrown on a wheel, and is about as large as it is physically possible to throw a pot in a single piece, as the internal height is about the length of a person's arm. (Larger pots can be made, but these would have to be thrown in sections and then assembled.)
In 18th-century Britain, fireplaces were thought to look bare when empty and not in use. One solution was to cover the fireplace with a painted chimney-board, and another was to place a large vase in or in front of it. This vase would have been big enough to fill a fireplace. Smaller vases of this shape are shown on carved wooden stands in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director of 1754.
Design & Designing
The potter based the shape on a Chinese vase, but elongated it. Similar landscape decoration is found on Liverpool delftware vases, suggesting that the painter also decorated delftware (tin-glazed earthenware).
Making & Materials
This vase is a very ambitious production, and must have been difficult to throw and fire, especially as the porcelain industry in Britain was only about 15 years old at the time it was made. It was thrown on a wheel, and is about as large as it is physically possible to throw a pot in a single piece, as the internal height is about the length of a person's arm. (Larger pots can be made, but these would have to be thrown in sections and then assembled.)
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Soft-paste porcelain vase and cover, painted with Chinese style decoration in underglaze blue. British (Liverpool), ca.1758-1762. Probably made by Richard Chaffer's factory at Shaw's Brow |
| Physical description | Both vase and cover are decorated in dark underglaze blue in the Chinese style with a continuous landscape, with hunting, shooting and fishing scenes as well as pavillions and grottoes. The blued glaze has run in places producing blue streaks and leaving one area unglazed. |
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| Object history | Made at the factory of Richard Chaffers, Liverpool |
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| Summary | Object Type In 18th-century Britain, fireplaces were thought to look bare when empty and not in use. One solution was to cover the fireplace with a painted chimney-board, and another was to place a large vase in or in front of it. This vase would have been big enough to fill a fireplace. Smaller vases of this shape are shown on carved wooden stands in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director of 1754. Design & Designing The potter based the shape on a Chinese vase, but elongated it. Similar landscape decoration is found on Liverpool delftware vases, suggesting that the painter also decorated delftware (tin-glazed earthenware). Making & Materials This vase is a very ambitious production, and must have been difficult to throw and fire, especially as the porcelain industry in Britain was only about 15 years old at the time it was made. It was thrown on a wheel, and is about as large as it is physically possible to throw a pot in a single piece, as the internal height is about the length of a person's arm. (Larger pots can be made, but these would have to be thrown in sections and then assembled.) |
| Bibliographic reference | Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 5.181, where dated ca. 1758-62 |
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| Accession number | C.8&A-1974 |
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| Record created | June 23, 1998 |
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