Vase (one of a pair)

Factory Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory British

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The deep crimson ground of this vase and its mate (64.101.505a, b) was a technical triumph of the Chelsea factory. It came to be called claret, after a description of such vases in Horace Walpole's 1774 catalogue of his collection at Strawberry Hill.

Vase (one of a pair), Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, British, Chelsea

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Vase (one of a pair), Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, British, Chelsea
Vase (one of a pair), Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, British, Chelsea
Vase (one of a pair), Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, British, Chelsea
Vase (one of a pair), Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, British, Chelsea
Vase (one of a pair), Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, British, Chelsea

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