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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
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
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'[?]
Gummed octagonal paper label inscribed in ink, "G.E. / S[?] 1025"
Additional indistinct inscriptions '853' and '15121'[?]
ProvenancePrince of Liechtenstein; R. Thornton Wilson