Vase and Cover

Worcester Royal Porcelain Co.

Caption

Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). Vase and Cover, 1895. Porcelain, 11 x 5 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (27.9 x 14.6 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.69a-b.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Vase and Cover

Date

1895

Geography

Place made: England

Medium

Porcelain

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

11 x 5 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (27.9 x 14.6 x 13 cm)

Markings

Vase and cover, white-bodied porcelain, the body ovoid shaped; in the Rococo style, a painted scene of putti and dancing dog within a gilt asymmetrical cartouche, against a pink ground scattered with gilt snowflakes, the reverse painted with a spray of polychrome flowers; the scrolled handles attached to shoulder; the pink-ground cylindrical neck flared at mouth; raised on a gilt-rimmed circular foot. The pink-ground cover enriched with gilt, its white finial formed as a cluster of leaves.

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller

Accession Number

1999.152.69a-b

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