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Flower container (Wall pocket)
1755-1765
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London or Liverpool; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
2003.0022.101
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Nancy du Pont Reynolds
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Object Number
2003.0022.101
Object Name
Flower container (Wall pocket)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London or Liverpool; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1755-1765
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
8 (H) x 6 (W) x 3.125 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.32 (H) x 15.24 (W) x 7.938 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Basically similar model and painting style plus period references: pp. 121-21, see American period references. Liverpool, 1760-70Article: Lange, Amanda E. 1998 English Ceramic Wall Pockets. Ars Ceramica. (No. 15, 1998/1999): 38-47.
• Somewhat similar delftware pair of pockets: p. 42, fig. 8, Liverpool, c. 1750Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Similarly modeled blue and white example: April 23, 2008, lot 2.Catalogue: Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Similar model with much the same (but not identical) painted details: pt. IX (1989), no. 227, London or possibly Liverpool, c. 1760-70Book: 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"