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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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