- Object name(s):
- Vase
- Brief description:
- Vase of unglazed red earthenware with applied decoration, partly on a light red ground, painted in light blue enamel and gilded. In medallions on either side are busts of Apollo and Athena. Of elongated ovoid form with long funnel-shaped neck, spreading foot and two handles in the form of female busts terminating in scrolls. Round the shoulder is a row of floral sprays and round the base is a border of acanthus foliage.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Associated concept:
- Earthenware
- Content - concept:
- busts
- Content - concept:
- scrolls
- Content - concept:
- female
- Content - concept:
- flowers
- Content - concept:
- acanthus
- Content - person:
- Apollo
- Content - person:
- Athena
- Credit line:
- Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010CX1624/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 37.1
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 13
- Inscription content:
- 'WATCOMBE / TORQUAY'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Maker's mark printed on base in black
- Inscription content:
- '2317'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Painted on base
- Material:
- earthenware
- Material:
- enamels
- Object history note:
- Given by the Watcombe Terra Cotta Clay Company. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
- Object name:
- Vase
- Object number:
- 3732-1901
- Object production date:
- 1869-1876
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1869-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1876-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Watcombe Pottery Co.
- Organisation's association:
- maker
- Object production place:
- Torquay
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Vase of unglazed red earthenware with applied decoration, partly on a light red ground, painted in light blue enamel and gilded. In medallions on either side are busts of Apollo and Athena. Of elongated ovoid form with long funnel-shaped neck, spreading foot and two handles in the form of female busts terminating in scrolls. Round the shoulder is a row of floral sprays and round the base is a border of acanthus foliage.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1624
- Reproduction number:
- 2018KY9173
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- painted
- Technique:
- gilded
- Technique:
- Earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Vase made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England, 3732-1901 Given by the Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company
- Text date:
- 23/05/2008
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/543b43cc-3378-3d7a-84de-134494b59796
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/543b43cc-3378-3d7a-84de-134494b59796, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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