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Jardiniere
French (Sceaux)
about 1780
Object Place: Europe, Sceaux, France
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
16.4 x 21.7 x 11.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2021a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPair of faience, half moon shape bulb pots (hyacynth stands?), each with removeable three bulb holding tray. Panel decoration of festoons and garlands of flowers: bordered embossed gilt work. Chip corner tray of 65.2022, two chips tray of 65.2021.
ProvenanceGilbert Lévy, Paris [note 1]. December 11, 1948. C. S. Wadsworth Trust sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 50, to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)
Notes:
[1] Noted in the 1948 Parke-Bernet Wadsworth Trust sales catalogue as previously from Gilbert Lévy, Paris.
Notes:
[1] Noted in the 1948 Parke-Bernet Wadsworth Trust sales catalogue as previously from Gilbert Lévy, Paris.