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Wine Bottle Cooler
Made at: Saint-Cloud Manufactory (France)
French
1725–30
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with clear lead glaze
Dimensions
18.3 x 27 cm (7 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The F. W. Richmond Foundation in Honor of Frances and George Richmond
Accession Number1986.65
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSoft-paste porcelain with clear lead glaze. Flared and gadrooned foot rim. Plain between foot and straight-sided body. Lower quarter of bowl gadrooned; upper three quarters of decorated in relief with flowering and leafy plants (thistles, grapes, ferns etc.) emerging from a (crenellated) band. Gadrooned rim. Two handles are open-mouthed bearded grotesque faces.