Use the below form to search The Bowes Museum Collections:

If you can't find what you're after take a look at our search tips ?

AND OR

Collections > Ceramics > Vase and Cover

Vase and Cover

Urn shaped on either side a loop handle. The whole is raised on a high circular foot, which in turn is raised on a square base. The cover is domed and surrounded by a knop in the form of a cluster of leaves curled over a berry. Decorated with a broad band of dark blue upon which is a meander of flowers and foliage in gold lightly engraved and the remainder of the surface is decorated in gold lightly engraved and etched with stylised leaves, flowers and foliage.
Size: Height: 29 cm.

Artist / Maker: Derby Porcelain

Place: Derby

Object Type: vase and cover

Period: George III

Broad Date: Late Georgian

Actual Date: c. 1790

Century: 18th century

Materials: Soft-paste porcelain, Enamel, Gold

Museum Accession Number: X.4469