vase
- Museum number
- 1994,0113.1
- Description
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Vase; earthenware; ovoid body resting on four legs; decorated with interlaced flowering rose branches painted in orange and blue slips on a cream ground. The legs rest on a raised base. maker's mark.
- Production date
- 1905 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 318 millimetres
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Width: 136 millimetres (rim)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For the firm of Villeroy & Boch, see exhibition catalogue, Villeroy & Boch 1748-1985, art et industrie ceramique, Musee National de Ceramique, Sevres, 1985. This catalogue deals principally with the French-owned branches of the factory. The German branch was based in Dresden, where these vases were made.
For the Dresden branch (active 1856-1945), see D. Zuhlsdorf, Markenlexikon, Munich, no date c. 1990, p. 493.
Of the total cost for the pair of vases, 646.94 pounds, 434 pounds was
contributed from the Penniall Bequest, the rest from museum funds.
Pair with 1994,0113.2
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Acquisition notes
- Sale 1 November 1993, lot.537.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1994,0113.1