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Jardininere

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
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

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)