- Object name(s):
- Vase
- Brief description:
- Spill-vase of unglazed red earthenware with relief decoration painted with light blue enamel and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with bands of vertical reeding separated by wide gilt-edged bands of blue. Round the top and bottom is a row of stars alternating with discs in relief.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Associated concept:
- Earthenware
- Content - concept:
- reeding
- Content - concept:
- stars
- Credit line:
- Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EB8628/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 11.7
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 6.4
- Inscription content:
- 'WATCOMBE TORQUAY'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Printed in black
- Material:
- earthenware
- Material:
- enamel
- 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:
- 3734-1901
- 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:
- Spill-vase of unglazed red earthenware with relief decoration painted with light blue enamel and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with bands of vertical reeding separated by wide gilt-edged bands of blue. Round the top and bottom is a row of stars alternating with discs in relief.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EB8628
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- painted
- Technique:
- gilded
- Technique:
- Earthenware with relief decoration painted with enamel and gilded
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Vase made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England, 3734-1901 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/b364fcb8-0ad2-3989-99ae-48983c4d9927
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b364fcb8-0ad2-3989-99ae-48983c4d9927, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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