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Cover for Vase 65.2174a
Made at: Derby Manufactory, working about 1750-1848 (Derbyshire, England)
English
about 1760
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
26.2 cm (10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2174b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPair 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.
Marks
No mark
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.