Vase base
Category
Ceramics
Date
1687 - 1695
Materials
tin-glazed earthenware (faience or 'Dutch Delft'), in-glaze cobalt blue and manganese black
Measurements
990 mm (Height)
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Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 452206.3
Summary
Vase part; vase base - Tulip vase piece, rectangular base surmounted by six separate sections each with four animal head nozzles. The base has four lizard supporters for the super structure. Painted in blue with cupids and garden scenes on the base; grotesque columns, urns, cupids,etc, on the upper sections. There is a mark AK. One complete lizard, the head of another and two of the feet beneath the base missing. Upper most section missing. See also C.51.a-b,d-f.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961