Small white ceramic vase painted by Sophia Macnamara Hawes, née Brunel. 1855
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Object number2014.03791
TitleSmall white ceramic vase painted by Sophia Macnamara Hawes, née Brunel. 1855
Creator Sophia Macnamara (Lady) Hawes (artist)
DescriptionSmall white ceramic trumpet vase painted by Sophia Macnamara Hawes, sister of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, in 1855. Around the rim and the base is decorative gilding with a painted floral decoration around the neck of the vase. Below this are paintings on one side a woman walking through a field and trees, in a long orange and white skirt and green blouse, wearing a straw hat with a flower attached to it. On the other side is a bunch of flowers, with a blue butterfly separating the two images.
Signed on the base 'S.M.Hawes 1855'.
Forms a set with five other items (2014.03793, 2014.03794, 2014.03795, 2014.03796 and 2014.03796)
Production date 1855 - 1855
Object nameporcelain
Object categorydecorative art
Materialporcelain
Dimensions
- height: 130 mm
width: 60 mm
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”