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Ewer and Cover

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.224-1926

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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