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Flower vase

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1879

GUSN

GUSN-180777

Description

Porcelain flower vase with round body and long straight neck. Cobalt blue glaze and painted gold enamel leaf decoration around body and neck.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vases
porcelain
enamel paint
Vase, Flower

Inscription

"WWWW / P" (Four Ws in a circle surmounted by a crown and a P under the circle.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Worcester Royal Porcelain Co., Ltd.

Dimensions

8 3/4 (H), 4 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1987

Date

1879 (Based on Royal Worcester mark on base.)

Places

Worcester (Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom)

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