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Dutch (Delft)
about 1730
Object Place: Europe, Delft, The Netherlands

Medium/Technique Tin-glazed earthenware, colored enamels
Dimensions 23.81 x 26.67 cm (9 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number61.126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

Description12 sided with alternate straight and curved sides, slightly bowed in center. molded rim with Chinoiserie flower decoration. Central scene of a fountain with baskets of flowers and putti catching falling water in vases. Pierced shell shape at top for hanging. White glaze painted with blue, yellow, green, orange.
InscriptionsInscribed in red on reverse, "D / 1316" and "P. inv. no. 853"

Gummed octagonal paper label inscribed in ink, "G.E. / S[?] 1025"

Additional indistinct inscriptions '853' and '15121'[?]
ProvenancePrince of Liechtenstein; R. Thornton Wilson