Potpourri Vase and Cover
ca. 1765 (made)
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Potpourri vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, pierced and gilded |
| Brief description | Potpourri vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, Germany, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Potpourri vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A wheel (In red) |
| Credit line | Gift of Lord and Lady Lilford |
| Object history | Painted with a scene from 'Elisie La Bergere sur le Trone'. |
| Production | Painting formerly attributed to Johann Schölhammer and dated ca. 1755. Painted by Andreas Philip Oetner after an engraving by J.E. Nilson of "Elisie or the shepherd raised to the throne" - a pastoral play of Prof. JC Gottsched, 'Deutscher Schaubühne' (German stage) series, Leipzig, 1746. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Dr. Horst Reber, Ausgewählte Werke. Frühe Deutsche Porzellane, Französische Möbel, Kunst und Dekorationen des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1999, pp.84-91. |
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| Accession number | C.76&A-1946 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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