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Flower container (Quintal flower horn or five-finger vase)
1810-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1984.0141.238.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Lindsley R. and Janet B. Bailey
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Object Number
1984.0141.238.002
Object Name
Flower container (Quintal flower horn or five-finger vase)
Category
Ceramics - Lindsley R. and Janet B. Bailey Collection
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1810-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with "GUARANTEED (red print)/ Staffordshire (black ink)/ GINSBURG & LEVY (red print)/ 815 MADISON AVE., N.Y."
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with blue ink "LUSTRE/ PINK/ #310"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.7 (H) x 8.5 (W) x 3 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.5 (H) x 21.6 (W) x 7 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Gibson, Michael. 1999 19th Century Lustreware.
• Illustration of a similar vase: p. 86, Colour Plate 77.Book: 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: Godden, Geoffrey A. & Gibson, Michael. 1991 Collecting Lustreware.
• Mottled pink and purple luster (patchy) quintal: p. 241, no. 162, c. 1820-28Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. & Gibson, Michael. 1991 Collecting Lustreware.
• Sliver luster and floral quintal: p. 305, no. 229, c. 1815-30Book: 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