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As with many of his contemporaries, Rudolphi was particularly interested in surface treatment, and this vase is oxydised and parcel-gilt (partly gilded). Rudolphi's designs were eclectic, drawing on a number of stylistic sources that included Oriental, Renaissance and Gothic art.<br><br><b>Historical Association</b><br>This vase was selected for the government-sponsored Schools of Design by Charles Heath Wilson, a leading figure in design education, who was Director of the School of Design in London from 1843 to 1847.  In this capacity he made a number of purchases of objects for the Schools of Design Collection, which were to form the core of the Museum of Ornamental Art, later the South Kensington Museum, which in turn became the Victoria & Albert Museum. This vase was purchased for £40 and is one of the Museum's earliest acquisitions. 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