Flower Holder
ca. 1800 (made)
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Flower holder of fan-shaped, oval in section, with a waved rim, and fitted into a stand to hold water which is pierced on four sides with trilobate openings edged with gilt scrolls. The sides of the flower holder are divided into alternate broad and narrow panels, the four broad panels being painted in colours with pastoral, hunting, town and harbour scenes, the narrow panels being gilt with formal neo-classical designs including scrolls, wreaths, cameo-heads, etc. The designs are also repeated in the panels on the stand, one of them incorporating the letter 'M' within a laurel wreath.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Flower holder and stand, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt; painted by Giovanni Marcon, made by Le Nove porcelain factory, Italy (Nove), ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | Flower holder of fan-shaped, oval in section, with a waved rim, and fitted into a stand to hold water which is pierced on four sides with trilobate openings edged with gilt scrolls. The sides of the flower holder are divided into alternate broad and narrow panels, the four broad panels being painted in colours with pastoral, hunting, town and harbour scenes, the narrow panels being gilt with formal neo-classical designs including scrolls, wreaths, cameo-heads, etc. The designs are also repeated in the panels on the stand, one of them incorporating the letter 'M' within a laurel wreath. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'NOVE', a star with a tail, and 'Gio:no Marcon pinxt' in gilding |
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| Bibliographic reference | The Age of Neo-Classicism, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1972
No. 1459 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.68&A-1951 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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