Seau à liqueurs

Double Bottle Cooler
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval with waved edge and two grotesque fish-mask handles painted in enamels, the sides with floral bouquets and the rim with scalloping picked out in blue; pierced inner wall

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSeau à liqueurs
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Brief description
Earthenware double liqueur bottle cooler, painted in enamels, probably made by Sceaux pottery factory, France, ca. 1760
Physical description
Oval with waved edge and two grotesque fish-mask handles painted in enamels, the sides with floral bouquets and the rim with scalloping picked out in blue; pierced inner wall
Credit line
Given by C. H. Campbell, Esq.
Production
Acquired as a bulb pot, probably Strasbourg, relabelled as Nidervillier and then as 'probably Sceaux, c. 1760'
Collection
Accession number
C.267-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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