Vase, bottom described as "Model of Roman Vase found in the "'Cloaca' now in Colchester Castle." General shape is edged ellipse. Two small handles on opposite sides rounded square handles attached to the upper neck to the mid-section of the top portion of the ellipse. The neck is short and slightly fluted out with a gold trimmed mouth. The shield is in Classic shape and divided per pale via a zig-zag. The left half is blue the right half is white. Resting just above the shield is a yellow pigeon stands on a blue and white diagonally striped pole with and olive branch (?) in its beak. Below the shield is a yellow ribbon written in Latin "Non mihi, non tibis, sed nobis" underneath this is written "Battersea" Made by W.H. Goss 1858-1887.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Colchester, Essex, England
Verbatim coll. place:
England- Stoke on Trent
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 6.5 centimeters and height 4.5 centimeters