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Object name(s):
Vase
Brief description:
Vase of unglazed red earthenware painted with yellow, blue and black enamels. Pointed ovoid body, funnel-shaped neck, spreading foot and two angular loop handles. Round the shoulder is painted a band of yellow maeander ornament on a blue ground edged with black.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Ceramics
Associated concept:
Earthenware
Credit line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EB9250/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
15.2
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
8.3
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:
3733-1901
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 yellow, blue and black enamels. Pointed ovoid body, funnel-shaped neck, spreading foot and two angular loop handles. Round the shoulder is painted a band of yellow maeander ornament on a blue ground edged with black.
Reproduction number:
2010EB9250
Responsible department/section:
CER
Technique:
painted
Technique:
Earthenware painted with enamels
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
Vase made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England, 3733-1901 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/1a7eea4d-6fcb-3f69-ac7d-c5ad28c94519

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1a7eea4d-6fcb-3f69-ac7d-c5ad28c94519, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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