Ewer
Samson, Edme et Cie
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870 - 1900
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
110 mm (H)165 mm (Length)75 mm (W)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 118740
Summary
Jug; Ewer - One of a pair of Samson armorial chicken ewers and covers, late 19th Century. Ferguson 'Ewer and cover, one of two, hard-paste porcelain, modeled as chickens after Meissen originals (1730), with armorial motifs, Samson France c 1890.'
Provenance
Introduced to the Property by Agatha Christie Mallowan. Inventory taken just before the house was requisitioned by the American Navy 1942
Makers and roles
Samson, Edme et Cie , potter