Vase
ca. 1780-ca. 1800 (made)
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Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with unglazed applied flowers. Cup-shaped, the lower portion gadrooned. Above the gadroons are two floral festoons in applied white biscuit, suspended from knobs in the form of screw-heads. Remaining surface is decorated with two oval medallions, festoons and sprigs in gold on a dark blue ground. Within the medallions are landscapes with ruins.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain and biscuit painted with enamels and gilded, and with unglazed applied flowers |
| Brief description | Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, with unglazed applied flowers, probably manufactured by Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, Niderviller, ca. 1780-ca. 1800. |
| Physical description | Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with unglazed applied flowers. Cup-shaped, the lower portion gadrooned. Above the gadroons are two floral festoons in applied white biscuit, suspended from knobs in the form of screw-heads. Remaining surface is decorated with two oval medallions, festoons and sprigs in gold on a dark blue ground. Within the medallions are landscapes with ruins. |
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| Object history | The vase is lacking its cover. The foot is a replacement. |
| Production | Acquired as 'Italian (Naples), first half of the 19th century'. Reattributed to Niderviller and dated to the late 18th century by comparison with a similar object, described as a clock 'en forme d'une urne' and attributed to Niderviller, exhibited at the Paris (Musée des arts decoratifs) loan exhibition of 1929, no. 1002. |
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| Accession number | 2-1869 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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