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

Vase

1883 (made), 1884 (gilded)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain covered with a mottled blue, pink and yellow glaze and gilded. Pear-shaped with a flaring mouth and short-foot. Gilt lines at the mouth and base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain covered with a mottled blue, pink and yellow glaze and gilded
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain covered with a mottled glaze and gilded, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, made in 1883, gilded in 1884.
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain covered with a mottled blue, pink and yellow glaze and gilded. Pear-shaped with a flaring mouth and short-foot. Gilt lines at the mouth and base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'S.83' (Maker's mark; printed in blue; on base)
  • 'RF [in monogram] Doré à Sèvres 84' (Maker's mark; printed in red; on base)
  • '77 6 68 GE' [indistinct] (Maker's mark; incised; on base)
  • '21 A S' (Maker's mark; painted; on base)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Collection
Accession number
C.691-1920

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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