Vase Collection (#12)

Worcester China Vase
This Worcester china vase makes no attempt to conceal its design origins - shape and ornamentation are both clearly in the Chinese manner

Chinese, Jap Porcelain
Porcelain from the East : a Chinese beaker and teapot, and a Japanese vase and dishes

Worcester China Vase 2
Why import Chinese vases all the way from China when the craftsmen at the Worcester manufactory can produce work like this ?

Sevres Porcelain Vase
A Porcelain vase from Sevres, France, in the traditional over-the-top French style

Roses in a Vase Surround
White flowers in a vase form a tasteful border to a page

Flower Arranging 1922
A stylish woman arranges arum lilies in a glass vase

Old Man Reads Bible
SUNDAY MORNING An elderly man sits in his cottage, reading The Bible

Girls Reading at a Desk
A girl kneels on a chair so she can read her book which is on a table with a vase of daffodils

Woman Reads the Reverie
A dreamy young lady seated by the fire with book in hand The Reverie

Clock / Clepsydra, C magne
The Clepsydra of Charlemagne (or water stealer ). A graduated vase was filled with liqued which stole through an aperture. The receding height marked the passage in hours

Flowers in Vase
Flowers in a vase

Ernst Dryden / 309 / Vase
ERNST DRYDEN Poster artist, fashion pioneer and Hollywood costume designer. Looking at a vase

Ancient Greek Traders
Sea traders from ancient Crete

Two babies inside a large Easter egg
Two babies celebrate Easter inside a large Easter egg. Date: circa 1910

Five presentation vases / cups
The Queens Gold Vase, The Royal Hunt Cup, The Ascot Cup, the silver vase presented to Captain Callaghan, Adjutant of the North Cork Rifles, and the claret jug and salver presented to Mr Smith

St Luke / Royaumont 1724
SAINT LUKE the Evangelist busy writing his book; hes fond of the bull, but he keeps a vase of flowers between it and him, to disguise the smell

Owen Jones Indian 54
A fine specimen of painted lacquer work from the collection at the India House

Potters at Work C19
Potters at work, one barefoot at his wheel and his two colleagues finishing a bowl and putting a vase on a shelf on tiptoe

Japanese Arrangement -16
HORNED ORANGE and ROSE used with a vase bearing the signature of Chien-lung to form an arrangement which expresses literary taste

Verdi & Boito at Piano
ARRIGO BOITO Italian composer and librettist, with Giuseppe Verdi, for whom he wrote two opera libretti Date: 1842 - 1918

Girl Picks Tulips C1880
A girl picking tulips and putting them in a vase ready for display

Red Dress / Paquin 1912
Red tunic dress by Paquin: accordian pleated narrow double-skirt beneath a long tunic cut away at the sides to create a point. N.B bandeau & curled feather headdress

Flowers in Hallway
A chrysanthamum flower arrangement gives life and character to a hallway that might otherwise be rather featureless

Phoenician Glassware1
Three glass items from Phoenicia : the vase on the left is a strikingly modern design

Flower Arranging 1929
A young woman, in her orientally inspired boudoir arranges Physalis / Chinese Lantern in a porcelain vase. Date: 1929

Cleveland / Catherine / Mote
DUCHESS OF CLEVELAND Born - Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope. Playing with her hair with a dog on her lap

Vase and Roses / Barreau
Filling a vase with roses

Female Type / Maroussile
Maroussile dress: finely beaded corsage with square neckline, narrow satin belt with paste clasp, softly gathered chiffon over-skirt ornamented with a tulip motif

Dionysos Sea Faring / Vase
Illustration taken from a vase painting of sea-faring Dionysos/Bacchus in his ship

Art / Greece / Vase 2
A mythological scene (details not known)

Art / Greece / Vase 3
A mythological scene (details not known)

Baronio Writing
Cesare Baronio, Italian historian (1538 - 1607) writing at his desk

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