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Flower container (Bulb or hyacinth vase or pot)
Coalport China Works
1800-1805
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Coalport China Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Coalport; Shropshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hybrid hard-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2003.0013.078.002 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Mrs. Helen Shumway Mayer
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Object Number
2003.0013.078.002 A, B
Object Name
Flower container (Bulb or hyacinth vase or pot)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Coalport China Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Coalport; Shropshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1800-1805
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular label with "17/2" in blue ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hybrid hard-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
6.299 (H) x 4.024 (W) x 8.053 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16 (H) x 10.22 (W) x 20.455 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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. 220Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Somewhat similar model from Coalport: April 23, 2008, lot 322, with similar fluting and different painting and insert, c. 1800Article: 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