Bowl
ca.1870-ca.1917 (made)
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Hemi-spherical bowl on a tall foot-ring (diameter 14 cm, height 6.5 cm); the exterior and interior transfer-printed in dark red with a repeating motif of a tulip plant with leaves which has been over-painted with washes of pale enamels; the rim and foot-ring are picked out with bands of gilding (the former now 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, which in turn is above an inscription in Arabic Printed pattern number '537.' in dark red enamel below factory mark
Painter's mark of two dots in blue enamel
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, which in turn is above an inscription in Arabic Printed pattern number '537.' in dark red enamel below factory mark
Painter's mark of two dots in blue enamel
Condition: gilding rubbed
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, thrown and turned and with clear glaze, printed in red enamel and over-painted in coloured enamels, and with gilt decoration |
| Brief description | Bowl, hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted in enamels, and gilt, pattern number 537, made by and with the factory mark of the Gardner Porcelain factory, Moscow, about 1890-1917 |
| Physical description | Hemi-spherical bowl on a tall foot-ring (diameter 14 cm, height 6.5 cm); the exterior and interior transfer-printed in dark red with a repeating motif of a tulip plant with leaves which has been over-painted with washes of pale enamels; the rim and foot-ring are picked out with bands of gilding (the former now 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, which in turn is above an inscription in Arabic Printed pattern number '537.' in dark red enamel below factory mark Painter's mark of two dots in blue enamel 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.26-2004 |
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| Record created | April 26, 2004 |
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