ca. 1761
United Kingdom
Object qualities
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Objecttableware: Vase
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Author of the objectChelsea Porcelain Manufactory
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumSoft-paste porcelain
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SizeHeight: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
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Geography details
United Kingdom -
Country today
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Dateca. 1761
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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The deep crimson ground of this vase and its mate (64.101.504a, 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.
