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Cruet stand and ewers
Marked by: Pieter Adriaensz Kocks, Proprietor, Greek A factory (active 1701–1703)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1701-1722
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height x Length: 13 x 17.5 cm (5 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.617.1, .2a-b, .3a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionA cruet stand with cruet bottles and covers for oil and vinegar, both stand and ewers with PAK monogram mark for Pieter Adriaensz Kocx at De Grieksche A Factory. Each flagon painted with flowering plants and birds, labeled respectively A and O for vinegar and oil, the stand en suite and with a loop handle.
Marks
Conjoined "PAK / 124 / 246" in overglaze black on stand.
Conjoined "PAK / 68 / 79" on both ewers
Conjoined "PAK / 68 / 79" on both ewers
InscriptionsThree labels:
"Stodel Amsterdam / DA 245"
Small orange label: "SS / 8330"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 282"
"Stodel Amsterdam / DA 245"
Small orange label: "SS / 8330"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 282"
Provenance1997, sold by Salomon Stodel (dealer), Amsterdam, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).