Vase
ca. 1755-1765 (made), ca.. 1770 (mounted)
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Squat baluster shape vase with flared lips. With applied coloured flowers and leaves, forming wreaths around the panels on either side. The panels are filled with brightly coloured birds in landscapes. The remainder of the vase is left white apart from scattered bouquets and sprays of flowers and gilt lines. The ormolu base is in Louis XVI style.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamel colours and gilt, mounted in ormolu |
| Brief description | Vase, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamel colours and gilt, mounted in ormolu, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1755-65 |
| Physical description | Squat baluster shape vase with flared lips. With applied coloured flowers and leaves, forming wreaths around the panels on either side. The panels are filled with brightly coloured birds in landscapes. The remainder of the vase is left white apart from scattered bouquets and sprays of flowers and gilt lines. The ormolu base is in Louis XVI style. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie |
| 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.55E-1968 |
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| Record created | May 9, 2000 |
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