Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Queen Victoria (detail), 1843

Victoria & Albert: Art & Love

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Sèvres porcelain factory

Vases Adélaïde 1844

RCIN 13055

The striking colour combinations, elaborate gold and platinum decoration and eclectic style and subject-matter of these vases are typical of 1840s Sèvres, and contrast with the earlier clock (no. 204), given on the same occasion.

Presented to Queen Victoria by King Louis-Philippe in 1844

No. 206

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