LARGE ORNAMENTAL VASE
Creator(s): Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux (Attributed to)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue. The vase is made in six separate sections- foot, body, two handles, neck and cover, molded acanthus leaves cover the bottom of the body and edge the elaborate applied handles, a large painted panel on the front represents Anteus surprising Diana with her nymphs, the neck is fluted, the back has a suspended cluster of flowers sorrounded by foliate scrolls each enclosing a leaping deer. The front panel is signed A. Schilt.
- Object name:
- LARGE ORNAMENTAL VASE
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint-Amand, France
- Date made:
- mid 19th Century
- Size:
- 33 1/2 × 17 in. (85.1 × 43.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.84.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE The front panel is signed: A. Schilt.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973