Seau à glace
Bottle Cooler
ca. 1750-ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1750-ca. 1770 (made)
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Earthenware wine or liqueur bottle cooler of bombe shape and with waved edge and two naturalistic twig handles painted brown, each side painted in colours with a spray of cut flowers
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Earthenware wine or liqueur bottle cooler of bombe shape, each side painted in colours with a spray of cut flowers, probably Fauchier pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1750-1770 |
| Physical description | Earthenware wine or liqueur bottle cooler of bombe shape and with waved edge and two naturalistic twig handles painted brown, each side painted in colours with a spray of cut flowers |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology |
| Object history | Given by Montagu E. N. Parker, Esq. in 1851. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Production | Acquired as French, second half of the 18th century. Note in register: 'On the evidence of the colour and style of flower painting on several pieces as the exhibition of French faience in Paris in 1932, this should be ascribed to Fauchier of Marseilles'. Illustrated as Fauchier factory, c. 1750 in Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 50A. |
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| Accession number | 3104-1901 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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