Pot pourri vase garniture
Derby Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1815 - 1825
Materials
soft paste porcelain
Measurements
120 mm (Height); 100 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Derby
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873165.1
Summary
Pot pourri vase and liner, soft paste porcelain, campana shape with lion paw feet, standing on a circular base, removable liner inset into the top, Derby Porcelain Works, ca 1815-25; the foot and base gilt (worn), the body painted in red and orange enamel scrolls, with further scrolls in gilt, gilt rim, pierced holes at rim, lower body.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Death Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Marks and inscriptions
Underside base: [CROWN] / X [WITH DOTS] / D (red, underside of base, hand painted); 18 (decorator's mark, red, underside of base, hand painted)
Makers and roles
Derby Porcelain Works, potter