Vase
ca. 1750 (made), ca. 1770 (mounted)
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Vase with applied coloured flowers and leaves, forming wreaths around the panels on either side. The panels are filled with European figures in a landscape. 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. 1750 |
| Physical description | Vase with applied coloured flowers and leaves, forming wreaths around the panels on either side. The panels are filled with European figures in a landscape. 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. |
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| 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.55C-1968 |
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| Record created | May 9, 2000 |
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