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Seau a bouteille
Made at: Mennecy Manufactory (France)
about 1750
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
14.92 x 21.59 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Ladies Committee, Harriet Carlton Goldweitz, Elizabeth Chellis and William E. Nickerson Fund
Accession Number1984.414
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBombé body molded at base with band of gadroons, rim with scrolling shells picked out in puce and yellow, conforming handles similarly decorated; sides are finely painted with bouquets of flowers, interior and foot with green sprigs disguising firing cracks. Form derived from Vincennes prototype after Meissen prototype.