Vase
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
1891
DIMENSIONS
8 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 18.7 x 15.9 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
On underside of base, transfer printed in green: "[Co. logo with nine dots]/RdNo188129[in box]/1572"; applied white rectangular paper sticker, written in black: "2059[?]"; written in black on foot rim: "29".
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.152.236
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Classical styled vase, cream glaze with polychrome decoration. Flattened disc opening and short neck with raised decoration, bulbous central body with at shoulder, mirrored, opposing, anamorphic curlicue handles, short stem and downward sloping foot, on a squared, canted corner base. Decoration on central section consists of a hazelnut branch and leaves in blue, red, yellow and purple and a small gold colored spider descending from the branch; reverse depicts a smaller hazelnut and leaf branch in green, brown and red.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). Vase, 1891. Porcelain, 8 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 18.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.236_mark.jpg)
IMAGE
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