Object Number 2003.0022.101

Object Name

Flower container (Wall pocket)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Nancy du Pont Reynolds

Place of Origin

London or Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1755-1765

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Press-molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

8 (H) , 6 (W) , 3.125 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.32 (H) , 15.24 (W) , 7.938 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Basically similar model and painting style plus period references: pp. 121-21, see American period references. Liverpool, 1760-70
[Article] Lange, Amanda E. 1998 English Ceramic Wall Pockets. Ars Ceramica. (No. 15, 1998/1999): 38-47.
• Somewhat similar delftware pair of pockets: p. 42, fig. 8, Liverpool, c. 1750
[Catalogue] Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Similarly modeled blue and white example: April 23, 2008, lot 2.
[Catalogue] Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Similar model with much the same (but not identical) painted details: pt. IX (1989), no. 227, London or possibly Liverpool, c. 1760-70
[Book] Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Pair of bird pattern wall pockets: pp. 120-21, no. 73, with period AMerican references to "flower horns"