Pail
Category
Ceramics
Date
1787
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
60 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Tournai
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440248
Summary
[Salvaged] Miniature Tournai pail with scroll handles, painted with Buffon birds, cameo heads and insects within gilt blue bands. (Birds based on engravings in the Comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, c. 1765-80.)
Provenance
Probably from a service ordered by Philippe, Duc d'Orléans (later Philippe Égalité) in 1787.Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay
Marks and inscriptions
See inventory card for incised marks.