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Vase

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM White-bodied porcelain
  • Place Manufactured: Worcester, England
  • DATES 1877
    DIMENSIONS 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (16.8 x 16.8 x 6.4 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS On base: Company logo printed in puce with '77'; gilt hand-written lower-case letters 'cn'.
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1999.152.1
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Vase, white-bodied porcelain with gilt and polychrome decoration, flattened circular body raised on four brown and gilt molded scroll feet; the body molded with a central scene of a bronzed and gilded monkey sitting on a flowering tree against a yellow ground within a red and gilt foliate pattern; a pierced and serrated applied molded border on each side of the three openings on top; the reverse central scene molded and decorated in a similar but abbreviated fashion. Condition: Very good
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). Vase, 1877. White-bodied porcelain, 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (16.8 x 16.8 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.152.1_bw.jpg)
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    Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). <em>Vase</em>, 1877. White-bodied porcelain, 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (16.8 x 16.8 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.152.1_bw.jpg)