- Object name(s):
- Wall-vase
- Brief description:
- Wall-vase of lead-glaze earthenware with moulded decoration and glazed in blues, greens and yellows. Pear-shaped rising from a vertical collar on which are attached lugs. Decorated with bands of mouldings in the form of bands of circles, leaf shapes, lines and squares. From the lugs project leaf-mouldings.
- 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/2010CX1463/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.2
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 14.5
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7
- Inscription content:
- 'Watcombe, South Devon' and a bird and tree [within a circle]
- Inscription interpretation:
- impressed
- Material:
- lead glaze
- Material:
- earthenware
- Object name:
- Wall-vase
- Object number:
- C.61-1980
- Object production date:
- ca. 1870
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1865-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1874-12-31
- 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:
- Wall-vase of lead-glaze earthenware with moulded decoration and glazed in blues, greens and yellows. Pear-shaped rising from a vertical collar on which are attached lugs. Decorated with bands of mouldings in the form of bands of circles, leaf shapes, lines and squares. From the lugs project leaf-mouldings.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1463
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EB0764
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1462
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1460
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1273
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- moulded
- Technique:
- Lead-glazed earthenware with moulded decoration
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Wall-vase Designed by Christopher Dresser, made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England, about 1870 Marks: 'Watcombe, South Devon' and a bird and tree within a circle, impressed Lead-glazed earthenware C.61-1980
- Text date:
- 23/05/2008
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/de3ceda2-0638-3890-bbf4-f7e436fc7534
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/de3ceda2-0638-3890-bbf4-f7e436fc7534, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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