Ewer and Cover
ca. 1775 (made)
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Pear-shaped earthenware jug or ewer with scalloped lower body, rim and cover, the high domed cover with naturalistic apple finial, the body painted in enamels with hunting dogs and exotic birds and the cover with birds, gilt metal hinge with shell thumb piece
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Pear-shaped earthenware jug or ewer, painted in enamels with hunting dogs and exotic birds, and with a metal hinge, Bourg-la-Reine, Sceaux, or Paris, France, about 1775 |
| Physical description | Pear-shaped earthenware jug or ewer with scalloped lower body, rim and cover, the high domed cover with naturalistic apple finial, the body painted in enamels with hunting dogs and exotic birds and the cover with birds, gilt metal hinge with shell thumb piece |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'OP' (and a star painted in colourless fluxing material) |
| Production | Acquired as Bourg-la-Reine or Sceaux, c. 1760-70; redated c. 1775 |
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| Accession number | C.224-1926 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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