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Patch box
Derived from: Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)
Dutch (Delft)
1730–75
Object Place: Europe, The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
2.54 x 6.35 cm (1 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John J. Grullemans
Accession Number67.1040
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBoxes
Ceramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Ceramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionOctagonal with blue decoration on white ground. Cover shows two parrots perched on boughs, one leafy, one bare. Sides decorated in medallions with tiny landscape scenes, alternating with flowers. The parrots appear to be based on a ca. 1617 engraving by Adriaen Collaert, from the series Avium Vivae Icones.