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Flower container (Wall pocket)
1760-1770
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1964.0948
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1964.0948
Object Name
Flower container (Wall pocket)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1760-1770
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.677 (H) x 4.843 (W) x 2.638 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.5 (H) x 12.3 (W) x 6.7 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Pair of polychrome fish-shaped wall pockets of similar model: vol. 2, p. 422, no. D379, Liverpool, c. 1765, in similar palette, with red. References to other examples.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"