Jardiniere
ca. 1770-1780 (made)
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Square with flaring sides, 'rope' handles, and waved rim, on four scroll feet, the sides painted in enamels with bouquets, and the rim picked out in gold. Lacking pierced cover.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in enamels and with traces of gilding |
| Brief description | Jardiniere of tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels, made by Sceaux pottery factory, France, about 1770-1780 |
| Physical description | Square with flaring sides, 'rope' handles, and waved rim, on four scroll feet, the sides painted in enamels with bouquets, and the rim picked out in gold. Lacking pierced cover. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Production | Acquired as Sceaux, c. 1770. For a similary decorated piece dated c. 1770 see Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, exhibition catalogue, 'Faïences Françaies, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles', 1980, cat. 397, and for a pair with animal painting and original tops with bulb holders dated c. 1780 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 158. |
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| Accession number | C.234-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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