Pair of Bulb Vases
This pair of vases by Mintons are based on a model developed at Sèvres in the eighteenth century. Their manufacture just before the turn of the twentieth century points to Victorian England’s fascination with the revival of historical styles such as the French Rococo, a topic studied by the early feminist author Emilia Dilke.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of Bulb Vases
- Maker: Minton(s) (British, Stoke-on-Trent, 1793–present)
- Decorator: Alboin Birks
- Date: 1889
- Culture: British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Medium: Pâte-sur-pâte on bone china with gilding
- Dimensions: 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Families, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.597.8a, b, .9a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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