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Description: | trademark, press-moulding, peacock's head crest
Vase, by Sowerby, pattern no. 1269, in purple-malachite glass, in form like a compressed concertina, the rounded sides being ribbed and having two lug handles and feet, the circular sides bears a relief scene of a woman and girl picking fruit from two trees, c1880. 'This design, registered in October 1877, for a drum-shaped vase [1269] depicts a female figure and child standing under trees in an orchard. The scene was directly coped from a hand-painted porcelain plate entitled 'Gathering Apples'. Painted by Miss Howard in 1877, the plate was exhibited in Howell and James' annual exhibition of pottery and porcelain which was held a their extensive London showroom in Regent Street. This competition was open to both amateur and professional artists and on this occasion Miss Howard's plate was a prize winner. Bears peacock's head trademark inside.
Aspect: technique, Description: pressing
Material: glass
Colour: purple
Colour: malachite | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.decorativeart&design.2746 | Go to resource |
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