Cover for Vase 65.2174a
about 1760
Made at Derby Manufactory, working about 1750-1848 (Derbyshire, England)
Object Place: Europe, England
Dimensions
26.2 cm (10 5/16 in.)
Accession Number
65.2174b
Medium or Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Pair of two handled vases with covers. Blue ground, flaring tops, each with two cartouche shaped reserves, one reserve of each decorated with a figure: Diana of the Hunt (65.2173) and female figure (65.2174). The other of each with colorful birds in a rural habitat. Two small reserves on each of top are decorated with insects. All painting on white ground enclosed by gilt leafage and scroll work. Rustic handles flanked by flowers in relief. Covered with flower finials.
Markings
No mark
Provenance
Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection