Object Number 2003.0013.078.001

Object Name

Flower container (Bulb or hyacinth vase or pot)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Mrs. Helen Shumway Mayer

Creator (Role)

Coalport China Works (Maker)
c.1796-c.1926

Place of Origin

Coalport, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1800-1805

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; White, rectangular label with "17/2" in blue ink

Materials

Porcelain (hybrid hard-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted, Gilded, Pierced

Dimensions (inches)

6.496 (H) , 8.25 (L) , 3.996 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16.5 (H) , 20.955 (L) , 10.15 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 05//2016 Flowery Thoughts: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament at Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). 6-12.
• Published: p. 11, pl. 12
[Book] Sheppard, C. Barry. 1996 Pinxton Porcelain 1795- 1813 and the Porcelain of Mansfield and Brompton-in-Torksey.
• Similar bough pot compared to Mansfield marked Pinxton piece because of yellow ground color: ill. 229, p. 220
[Catalogue] Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Somewhat similar model from Coalport: April 23, 2008, lot 322, with similar fluting and different painting and insert, c. 1800
[Article] Fergusen, Patricia F. 06//1997 The Eighteenth-Century Mania for Hyacinths. Antiques. CLI (No. 6): 844-51.
• Generally similar form discussed: pp. 844-45, pl. I and p 848-49, pl. VI in English porcelain.
[Book] Horwood, Catharine. 2007 Potted History: The Story of Plants in the Home.
• Somewhat similar (D-Shape) porcelain bulb pot illustrated with flowering bulbs: p. 63, Pinxton Porcelain Works, Derbyshire, c. 1796-1800