altar vase
Summary
Public: White bone china vase of ovoid shaped with a spreading foot, decorated in blue enamel and gilt with gothic motifs and religious inscription. Private: White bone china altar vase. Ovoid shaped with narrow flared neck and wide spreading foot. Decorated in blue enamel overglaze with foliate gothic motifs. These include trefoil border around upper and lower part of foot and on either side of the inscription. Gothic inscription reads Ave Maria Gracia Plena (Hail Mary Full of Grace). There is a blue gothic roundel on each side of the body, each bordered in gilt and containing a gilt cross with trefoiled end. The roundel beneath the Gracia part of the inscription is topped with a band of gilded trefoils.
Object Name
altar vase
Creators Name
Date Created
1838
accession number
1983.209
Collection Group
Place of creation
Stoke-on-Trent
Support
Array
Medium
On Display
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