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Vase in the form of an eel trap
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English (London)
about 1752–58
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4 x 12.7 x 15.2 cm (10 x 5 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.306
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOne of a pair of white vases formed as eelpots with bulrushes at either side in natural colors, ducks at base colored red, yellow, green and pink plumage.Gilded horizontal bands on body and small gilded rope handles.
Marks
Mark: Red Anchor
InscriptionsPaper label: Alfred E. Hutton Collection No. 87"
ProvenanceBy 1924, Alfred E. Hutton, London [see note 1]. By 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930)
NOTES:
[1] A similar vase is illustrated in "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery (1925) as exhibited in 1924 from the Alfred Hutton Collection.
NOTES:
[1] A similar vase is illustrated in "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery (1925) as exhibited in 1924 from the Alfred Hutton Collection.