Vase
ca. 1735 (made)
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Vase of hard-paste porcelain. Squat baluster shape, moulded with vertical gadroons. Mounted with gilt bronze handles in the form of dragons with rococo scrolls and foliage. Two chinoiseries in colours in gold frames with gilt scrolls, lustre panels and purple and iron-red laub-und bandelwerk. On the neck sprays of Indian flowers and flying birds.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Vase, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1735 |
| Physical description | Vase of hard-paste porcelain. Squat baluster shape, moulded with vertical gadroons. Mounted with gilt bronze handles in the form of dragons with rococo scrolls and foliage. Two chinoiseries in colours in gold frames with gilt scrolls, lustre panels and purple and iron-red laub-und bandelwerk. On the neck sprays of Indian flowers and flying birds. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Herbert Allen |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.35-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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