Vase and Cover

Artist:Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Co.

Medium: Porcelain

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:1890

Dimensions: 11 x 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (27.9 x 17.1 x 14.6 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 1999.152.85a-b

Catalogue Description:
Vase (a) and cover (b), white-bodied porcelain, oviform; the shoulder, molded with a gilded-band of ribbon-bedecked flowering prunus on a gilt-seed blue ground; the front body painted with raised, polychrome-gilt, rocaille scrolls encompassing flowers, musical trophies, and ribbon with pendant mask and medallion against a blue ground; the reverse similarly painted with a pendant flower basket and ribbon-garland; the c-scroll handles gilded; raised on a circular base decorated with molded prunus blossoms on a gilt-seeded blue ground. The cover with a similar prunus-molded border, and gilt-molded finial. Condition: Very good, finial restored.

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