Barber's Basin
ca. 1739-ca. 1749 (made)
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Oval bowl, tin-glazed earthenware, with shaped edge and neck indentation, the centre painted with Diana and Actaeon in a landscape in colours, within a grotesque cartouche with strapwork, festoons monkeys and satyrs, the border painted with swags and insects and with an unidentified coat of arms and the motto 'HAEC SIGNA VOCANT'; the footrim drilled for suspension loop
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed eathenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Oval bowl, tin-glazed earthenware, painted with Diana and Actaeon in a landscape in colours, Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory, France, about 1739-1749 |
| Physical description | Oval bowl, tin-glazed earthenware, with shaped edge and neck indentation, the centre painted with Diana and Actaeon in a landscape in colours, within a grotesque cartouche with strapwork, festoons monkeys and satyrs, the border painted with swags and insects and with an unidentified coat of arms and the motto 'HAEC SIGNA VOCANT'; the footrim drilled for suspension loop |
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| Object history | Bought from the Aigoin Collection Acquisition type: Purchase |
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| Accession number | 462-1870 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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