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Object name(s):
Vase
Brief description:
Vase of unglazed red earthenware painted with blue, black and yellow enamels and gilded. In the form of an Attic lekythos, and painted with two bands of macander ornament between which is a row of palmettes and leafy device.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Ceramics
Associated concept:
Earthenware
Content - concept:
palmettes
Content - concept:
leaves
Credit line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EB8683/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
30.5
Dimension:
Diameter
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
8.1
Inscription content:
'WATCOMBE / TORQUAY'
Inscription interpretation:
Maker's mark printed on base
Inscription content:
Cross-hatched square
Inscription interpretation:
Decorator's mark impressed on base
Inscription content:
's' and two dots
Inscription interpretation:
Decorator's mark painted on base
Inscription content:
'11' and '1710'
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:
3730-1901
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 painted with blue, black and yellow enamels and gilded. In the form of an Attic lekythos, and painted with two bands of macander ornament between which is a row of palmettes and leafy device.
Reproduction number:
2010EB8683
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, 3730-1901 Given by the Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company
Text date:
23/05/2008
Text reason:
Gallery label text

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b0fe7561-4d73-3003-bbfe-fb964e2129a7

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b0fe7561-4d73-3003-bbfe-fb964e2129a7, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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