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Flower container (Flower brick)
1740-1760
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1965.1636
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.1636
Object Name
Flower container (Flower brick)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1740-1760
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Underside bears remains of red-edged rectangular sticker with now illegible penciled number.
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Slab-constructed
- Painted
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
3.563 (H) x 2.756 (W) x 6.299 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.05 (H) x 7 (W) x 16 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• A flower brick with a somewhat similar trellis design and central cartouche is illustrated in Vol. 2, p. 414 (No. D373)Article: Austin, John C. 2006 J. Palin Thorley (1892-1987), Potter and Designer: Part 2, Williamsburg. Ceramics in America. 178-216.
• Modern pseudo delftware and pseudo creamware flower bricks by Palin Thorley (Williamsburg, VA): pp. 190-91, figs. 34-36, from 1955-70.