urn vase; cylindrical, mouth is gold trimmed. a black shield with a two-towered castle with a shield alternating light blue and red in quadrant. before the gate is a grassy mound with a lion laying before it. on either side of the castle are white horizontal ellipses with sharp edges triangles at each corner. the edged shield is framed in a red arabesque frame with 4 domes (one at each side of the shield), each dome meets at a triangulated point at each corner of the shield. this in turn is outlined by white circles with edges touching. circulating the red frame with white circles is a yellow circle with repeating filigree swirl all around. the negative space between the red frame and yellow circle is filled in with light blue. outlining the yellow circle are small circles shaded like pearls; at the bottom of the yellow circle is "Guildford". made by W.H. Goss, 1884-1914 with register number 77966.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material) 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)