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Potpourri Vase

Höchst Porcelain Factoryc.1755

Gardiner Museum

Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada

A Höchst two-handled baluster pot-pourri vase and cover painted by Johann Melchior Scholhammer. Both sides have figures in river landscape in one with three figures dominating the foreground, within a symmetrical rococo cartouche of scrolls moulded. It is decorated and gilt in puce, and the handles have applied flowers.

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  • Title: Potpourri Vase
  • Creator: Höchst Porcelain Factory
  • Date Created: c.1755
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 26.6 x 20.3 cm (10 1/2 x 8 in.)
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
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