urn
manufacturer: Flight, Barr & Barr (English, estab. 1813, closed 1840); manufacturer: Warmstry House factory (English, estab. 1751);
circa 1820
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Description
Campana or inverted bell-shaped vase / urn on a stem and square plinth base. Pale green ground to the body and stem, hand-painted classical vase from which issues a spray of rose, [aster], [peony] and [nasturtium], a butterfly and around which are placed a pear, a peach, an apple and cracked walnuts. The applied, moulded handles terminate with ram's head masks; the rim and border extremities are gilded; the interior of the rim is gilded with a border of stylised half-shaded harebells and anthemions as is the lower part of the vase where the handles are affixed. The top of the plinth base is stippled in gold.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Flight, Barr & Barr (English, estab. 1813, closed 1840)
manufacturer: Warmstry House factory (English, estab. 1751)
manufacturer: Warmstry House factory (English, estab. 1751)
Production place
Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Production date
circa 1820
circa 1813-circa 1840
circa 1813-circa 1840
Media description
porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration
Measurements
250 x 175 mm
Inscriptions
Hand-painted script mark beneath base: "Flight Barr and Barr / Royal Porcelain Works / Worcester / & No. 1 Coventry St London"; impressed mark "FBB" beneath crown and above "X"
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0409
TJC reference number
514