1862 Porcelain Vase, St. Petersburg, Waring, large folio, chromolithograph, art

From the scarce and sought after series of chromolithographs of Masterpieces of Industrial, Arts & Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862.

29 x 41.8 cm

Lithographed by J.B. Waring, Day & Son, London, Lithographers to the Queen & H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

From the Vase currently held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Hard-paste porcelain vase, enamelled and with high-quality gilding. Large in size, in neo-classicist style, bearing a portrait derived from Kneller's 1697 painting of John Locke.