POTPOURRI VASE
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer) , Unknown (Workshop) , Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Attributed to) , Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (Attributed to)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Blue porcelain body and lid, mounted in French gilt bronze with openwork Rococo scrolls, finial on lid Meissen porcelain pug dog scratching his ear, seated next to a bunch of porcelain flowers. Handles are shaped like vines. Round base in gilt bronze with openwork floral vines.
- Object name:
- POTPOURRI VASE
- Made from:
- Ormolu -- porcelain
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- c. 1760
- Size:
- 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.92.1-2
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Gift of Eleanor Close Barzin, 1985