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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

ca. 1780-ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with unglazed applied flowers. Cup-shaped, the lower portion gadrooned. Above the gadroons are two floral festoons in applied white biscuit, suspended from knobs in the form of screw-heads. Remaining surface is decorated with two oval medallions, festoons and sprigs in gold on a dark blue ground. Within the medallions are landscapes with ruins.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain and biscuit painted with enamels and gilded, and with unglazed applied flowers
Brief description
Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, with unglazed applied flowers, probably manufactured by Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, Niderviller, ca. 1780-ca. 1800.
Physical description
Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with unglazed applied flowers. Cup-shaped, the lower portion gadrooned. Above the gadroons are two floral festoons in applied white biscuit, suspended from knobs in the form of screw-heads. Remaining surface is decorated with two oval medallions, festoons and sprigs in gold on a dark blue ground. Within the medallions are landscapes with ruins.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.7cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 The foot is a replacement.(07/06/2004)
Object history
The vase is lacking its cover. The foot is a replacement.
Production
Acquired as 'Italian (Naples), first half of the 19th century'. Reattributed to Niderviller and dated to the late 18th century by comparison with a similar object, described as a clock 'en forme d'une urne' and attributed to Niderviller, exhibited at the Paris (Musée des arts decoratifs) loan exhibition of 1929, no. 1002.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2-1869

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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