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Vase

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Porcelain
  • Place Made: Worcester, England
  • DATES ca. 1895
    DIMENSIONS 9 1/2 x 7 x 2 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.8 x 7 cm)  (show scale)
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1999.152.256
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Dark blue circular vase with narrow cylindrical neck and flared gilt neck and two rectangular whtie feet with gilt decoration. Body with high glaze, gilt scene of butterfly and plants with applied Medusa and snake handles.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Grainger and Co.. Vase, ca. 1895. Porcelain, 9 1/2 x 7 x 2 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.8 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.256. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.256_mark.jpg)
    IMAGE mark, CUR.1999.152.256_mark.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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    Grainger and Co.. <em>Vase</em>, ca. 1895. Porcelain, 9 1/2 x 7 x 2 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.8 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.256. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.256_mark.jpg)