Vase
Chamberlain and Company
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1816 - circa 1820
Materials
Bone china
Place of origin
Worcester
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 205071
Summary
Iced fruit cooler, Chamberlain’s, Worcester, c. 1816-1820, bone china, Warwick Vase shape, Union embossed pattern. Grey ground, decorated with gilt and 4 individual flower designs - tulip, rose, peony and morning glory. Rope-effect handles. Grapes and grapevine design around rim. Square painted ceramic base to look like marble, one of a pair. A pair of Warwick vases of similar description were offered in the Radford Collection, November 4, 1943. Lot 169. 8 1/2 in.Exhibited at the Daily Telegraph Exhibition, 1928, catalogue C.229, ‘Made for Princess Charlotte when she married in 1816 and described by Binns, first edition, p.154, and subsequently in the Lister and Hardcastle Collections. See extremely similar pair as part of a dessert service Plate 155 (p129) in Godden Chamberlain. It appears likely they originally had lids although some variations were issued without. See Godden Chamberlain at pp 245-247 for a discussion of the shape.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976)
Makers and roles
Chamberlain and Company, Manufacturer of china