Crested miniature

Museum number:
7-10109
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
vase; general shape is egg shaped with an elongated neck that plumes out ending in a sharp waved, gold trimmed mouth. there are two handles on opposite ends, in an oval arch. the shield is in an edged shape with a red background. standing in a three alcove church are St. Giles, St. George, and St. Andrew (St. George stands in the center with a red cross). the church and saints are in yellow. flowing through the bottom of the church is a river which flows through one of three arches, each beneath a saint. on either side of the river are bulbs of blue and orange. beneath the shield on a scrolling yellow ribbon "Holborn".
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Paint (coating), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
souvenir
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
diameter 4 centimeters and height 7.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Crested miniature, accession number 7-10109, described as vase; general shape is egg shaped with an elongated neck that plumes out ending in a sharp waved, gold trimmed mouth. there are two handles on opposite ends, in an oval arch. the shield is in an edged shape with a red background. standing in a three alcove church are St. Giles, St. George, and St. Andrew (St. George stands in the center with a red cross). the church and saints are in yellow. flowing through the bottom of the church is a river which flows through one of three arches, each beneath a saint. on either side of the river are bulbs of blue and orange. beneath the shield on a scrolling yellow ribbon "Holborn".

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