Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). Vase, shape 696, 1883. Porcelain, 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (17.1 x 23.5 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.152.8_bw.jpg)
Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). Vase, shape 696, 1883. Porcelain, 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (17.1 x 23.5 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.152.8_mark_bw.jpg)
Vase, shape 696
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
1883
DIMENSIONS
6 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (17.1 x 23.5 x 9.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Co. logo printed in puce with 'U'; incised Co. logo; incised 'R; applied white paper rectangular tag with no. '6475'
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.152.8
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Vase, ivory-bodied porcelain, shape 696; double-fan shaped; in the Japanese manner, the front molded as a pale-blue folding fan, painted with a large spray of puce and yellow flowers with silver and bronze leaves with gilt veining; the reverse molded as a pale-blue circular fan similarly painted in an abbreviated fashion with pink and white flowers and a hovering butterfly in polychrome accented with gilt; the two fans molded together at the base with a bronze rope with gilded tassels.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). Vase, shape 696, 1883. Porcelain, 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (17.1 x 23.5 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.152.8_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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