Cruet Stand
ca. 1740-ca. 1750 (made)
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With two openwork bottle slots, the walls of which are formed as interlacing naturalistic fruiting vine stems, with two shallow compartments for ground pepper or spices, the central handle formed as a pole (around which a fruiting vine trail spirals) surmounted by bird.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Cruet stand in the form of interlacing vines, by Aprey pottery factory, France, ca. 1740-ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | With two openwork bottle slots, the walls of which are formed as interlacing naturalistic fruiting vine stems, with two shallow compartments for ground pepper or spices, the central handle formed as a pole (around which a fruiting vine trail spirals) surmounted by bird. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'aprey' (painted in manganese) |
| Credit line | Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet |
| Production | Acquired as Aprey, second half of the 18th century; for other pieces with this mark and dated to c. 1740-50 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Strasbourg & Niderviller - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1999, p. 137-8. |
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| Accession number | C.154-1912 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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