- 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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