Baluster jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
590 mm (H)350 mm (Diameter)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245547
Summary
A pair of baluster jars and covers, painted with landscapes and flowers in petal-shaped panels. K'ang Xsi. Colours blue and white.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. These items found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, Chinese blue and white porcelain, page 7.