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Vase

Unknown1850–75

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Porcellanous white body with frit, glazed and gilded. A) Tall ornate vase in two parts. Base of outspreading scroll-work narrowing to short slender stem. Fastened by a metal bolt to ovate body which swells to shoulders embellished with handle-like leafy scrolls: body narrows to neck with rises flaring outward to irregular lip of scroll and leaf forms. White with gilded outlining of forms and nosegays and sprigs of flowers overpainted. B) Same as A. Incised marks appear under base.

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  • Title: Vase
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1850–75
  • Type: Vase
  • Rights: Gift of Mrs. D. Chester Noyes
  • Medium: Porcelain
  • Dimensions: H x W x D (a): 52.5 x 22.5 x 16 cm (20 11/16 x 8 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)H x W x D (b): 52 x 23 x 16 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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