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On Display: House - Williams Room
Flower container (Vase)
1720-1740
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Bristol; Bristol; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.1531
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.1531
Object Name
Flower container (Vase)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Bristol; Bristol; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1720-1740
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside, within footrim
Inscription: Rectangular, off-white paper label with a blue border and "[?] D7/Bristol" handwritten in pencil
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
11.102 (H) x 7.52 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
28.2 (H) x 19.1 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Britton, Frank. 1982 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
• Similar jar and decoration (the latter seemingly by a different hand): p. 307, no. 19.57, Bristol or Wincanton, c. 1750.Book: Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Excavated blue and white plate with rings of mimosa pattern bands: p. 239 (bottom), from Tayloe House, Anthony Hay House, and Hay's Cabinetmaking Shop sites.