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Jardininere
Made at: Clignancourt Factory, Paris
French
about 1785
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
21.1 x 20 x 17.6 cm (8 5/16 x 7 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1912
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionVase. Flaring top, flanked by knotted gilded laurel handles, center band, pink ground with two cameo portraits and scroll work; upper section, flowers on white ground; lower section, butterflies on white ground; small rounded gilded base with feather and
Marks
the initials L S X interlaced in gold
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)