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Flower container (Quintal flower horn or five-finger vase)
1779
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire or Yorkshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2010.0009.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Donald L. Fennimore
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Object Number
2010.0009.002
Object Name
Flower container (Quintal flower horn or five-finger vase)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire or Yorkshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1779
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Painted enamel "I:B: 1779."
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
7.913 (H) x 2.677 (W) x 8.78 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.1 (H) x 6.8 (W) x 22.3 (L)
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. 10, pl. 10. (Although it is in the catalogue, .002 was not included in the exhibition.)Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 07//2015 Let's Vase It! Revisiting Once-Popular Flower Containers. Antiques and Fine Art. (Autumn 2015): 174-75.
• Published: p. 175, fig. 5Book: Walton, Peter. 1976 Creamware and Other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
• Staffordshire or Yorkshire creamware models and period names: pp. 138-39, nos. 550-52. No. 550 notes Leeds (c. 1814) and Castleford (1796) Pottery pattern books use "Quintal Flower Horn" for form; Whitehead Pattern book (1798) "Five Fingered FlowerPot"Book: van Aken-Fehmers, Marion S. 2007 Delfts aardewerk: Geschiedenis van een nationaal product. VI.
• Dutch delft much earlier quintals of somewhat similar form: p. 124, no. 2.01 and pp. 206-07, nos. 7.01-.02, blue and white, from Greek A factory, 1690-95Article: Austin, John C. 2006 J. Palin Thorley (1892-1987), Potter and Designer: Part 2, Williamsburg. Ceramics in America. 178-216.
• 18th century and modern (Palin Thorley, Williamsburg, VA) "posy holders" or quintals in creamware: pp. 192-193, figs. 37-43; p. 207, fig. 81; p. 209, fig. 86Book: Berrall, Julia S. 1968 A History of Flower Arrangement.
• Multi-nozzled, circular-section flower container from Egypt, 2500 BC: p. 11, fig. 1