Pair of Grainger Worcester Greek Revival Parian Bottle Vases c.1865

Pair of Grainger Worcester Greek Revival Parian Bottle Vases c.1865

Height: 17cm (7")

The white parian bodies delicately and skilfully hand painted with Greek motif in the manner of Owen Jones.

For further reading on Owen Jones: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/owen-jones-and-the-grammar-of-ornament#slideshow=7716019588&slide=0

Provenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan Collection

Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan were pioneering collectors of 19th Century fine and decorative arts and this unique collection was a shared passion assembled over the course of a lifetime from the 1950s onwards. The collection was regarded and recognised as academically important, a number of bequests of both decorative and fine arts from the collection have been accepted by museums includingThe British Museum and the Ashmolean.

For History of Grainger Worcester: https://www.museumofroyalworcester.org/discover-learn/research/factories/graingers-worcester-porcelain/