Bowl
ca.1870-ca.1917 (made)
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Hemi-spherical bowl on a tall foot-ring (diameter 18.6 cm, height 18.7 cm); the exterior painted front and back in two shades of puce enamel with symmetrical pattern of plant ornament; the rim and foot-ring are picked out with gilding (now rubbed) and the interior is painted in the same palette with a narrow band with a repeating pattern of geometrical and stylised floral ornament, and the centre of the bowl with a sprig.
The base has the printed factory mark in iron red of the imperial eagle (indicating the imperial warrant) above the St George and the dragon (for Moscow), the latter contained within an oval band with the factory name and Moscow in Cyrillic.
Painted pattern number '191' in puce enamel inside foot-rim. Condition: gilding rubbed.
The base has the printed factory mark in iron red of the imperial eagle (indicating the imperial warrant) above the St George and the dragon (for Moscow), the latter contained within an oval band with the factory name and Moscow in Cyrillic.
Painted pattern number '191' in puce enamel inside foot-rim. Condition: gilding rubbed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, thrown and turned and with clear glaze, painted in puce enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Bowl, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, pattern number 191, made by and with the factory mark of the Gardner Porcelain factory, Moscow, about 1870-1917 |
| Physical description | Hemi-spherical bowl on a tall foot-ring (diameter 18.6 cm, height 18.7 cm); the exterior painted front and back in two shades of puce enamel with symmetrical pattern of plant ornament; the rim and foot-ring are picked out with gilding (now rubbed) and the interior is painted in the same palette with a narrow band with a repeating pattern of geometrical and stylised floral ornament, and the centre of the bowl with a sprig. The base has the printed factory mark in iron red of the imperial eagle (indicating the imperial warrant) above the St George and the dragon (for Moscow), the latter contained within an oval band with the factory name and Moscow in Cyrillic. Painted pattern number '191' in puce enamel inside foot-rim. Condition: gilding rubbed. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Lewis Baxter through Art Fund |
| Object history | Made for the Central Asian and Middle Eastern Market and acquired by the donor in Iran |
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| Accession number | C.23-2004 |
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| Record created | April 26, 2004 |
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