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Object name(s):
Vase
Brief description:
Vase of earthenware and gilded. Of geometric form with two lines of horizontal moulding near the foot from which it flares to a moulded band. Tapers inwards towards a band at the neck from which rise a long cylindrical collar with horizontal lugs. Lugs and body of the vase are decorated with gilt bands and long leaf shapes. Interior glazed.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Ceramics
Associated concept:
Art Pottery
Associated concept:
Earthenware
Associated concept:
Scotland
Content - concept:
leaves
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010CT5610/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
25
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
14.1
Inscription content:
'Watcombe Torquay'
Inscription interpretation:
Impressed
Material:
earthenware
Object name:
Vase
Object number:
C.62-1980
Object production date:
ca. 1871-1875
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1866-01-01
Date - latest:
1875-12-31
Object production organisation:
Watcombe Pottery Co.
Organisation's association:
maker
Object production person:
Dresser, Christopher
Person's association:
designer
Person's biographical note:
possibly
Object production place:
Torquay
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Vase of earthenware and gilded. Of geometric form with two lines of horizontal moulding near the foot from which it flares to a moulded band. Tapers inwards towards a band at the neck from which rise a long cylindrical collar with horizontal lugs. Lugs and body of the vase are decorated with gilt bands and long leaf shapes. Interior glazed.
Reproduction number:
2010CT5610
Responsible department/section:
CER
Technique:
moulded
Technique:
gilded
Technique:
glazed
Technique:
Glazed earthenware, moulded and gilded
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
Jug Designed by Christopher Dresser, made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England C.62-1980
Text date:
23/05/2008
Text reason:
Gallery label text
User's reference:
Reference:
Christopher Dresser : ein viktorianischer Designer, 1834-1904, Köln : Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1981
User's reference:
Reference details:
208

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/773596fc-c0d6-34fc-852a-efd0393d027e

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/773596fc-c0d6-34fc-852a-efd0393d027e, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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