- Museum number
- C138A
C138B - Object
- Covered vase: ‘Queen Charlotte’ pattern, Worcester Porcelain Factory, soft-paste porcelain, about 1770
- Description
- Vase (C138.1) and cover (C138.2)., English, Worcester, c. 1770. Soft-paste porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and enamel red.One of a pair with C137. Oviform body with short concave neck; decorated with the "Queen Charlotte" or "whorl" pattern. Domed cover with knob in the form of a flower and leaf. C 138 is the same height but smaller in diameter than C 137.
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- Fretted oriental square in blue.
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Ceramic
Lid - Subject
- Orientalist
- Dimensions
- regular: 21.0cm (w)
Covered vase: ‘Queen Charlotte’ pattern
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, about 1770
C138
Plants and flowers were a major source of inspiration for the designers of eighteenth-century porcelain. They were painted in underglaze blue, brightly coloured overglaze enamels or gleaming gold. In naturalistic rococo pieces moulded flowers and leaves form decorative finials, handles and even entire objects.
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