Pot pourri
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Ormolu, Porcelain
Measurements
410 mm (H)230 mm (W)145 mm (Diameter)
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196371
Summary
One of a pair of inverted pear shape pots pourri, slightly waisted and pierced around shoulder, dome cover with naked putto and bird. Guilloche pattern and beaded ormolu mount to neck, ormolu base. Painted with lovers in pastoral scenes and bearded satyr mask handles.
Marks and inscriptions
(Blurred makers mark to base in underglaze blue, resembles to Berlin factory mark)