Vase with cover (ca. 1755–1757 | British, Staffordshire)
The factory established at Longton Hall in Staffordshire, England, around 1749 was the first concern to make porcelain in a region long renowned for its production of earthenware and stoneware. This vase is one of a small number of similar works made at Longton Hall, which are among the most ambitious of the factory’s production. Not only are these works made at a scale larger than most Longton Hall porcelain, but their design also reflects the factory’s use of motifs drawn from nature at its most extreme. The curving lines of the vase’s volute handles and the lack of symmetry of the cartouches on each side reveal the influence of the Rococo; yet it is the extraordinary incrustation of flowers and birds that distinguishes this vase and the related examples. The form of the vase is partially obscured by the applied, high-relief flowers, and the cover is all but subsumed by the dense application of floral motifs among which are four small birds and a standing female figure barely visible due to the wealth of vegetation.
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