Bottle vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
1695 - 1710
Materials
Tin-glazed earthenware (faience or Delft ware)
Measurements
680 mm (Height); 195 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Delft
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870768.1
Summary
Bottle vase, one of a pair, probably originally part of a three-piece garniture for a cupboard, tin-glazed earthenware, of guglet shape, garlic-shaped neck, of octagonal section, painted in blue, yellow and green on a pale-blue ground, with birds, foliate and insects, inspired by Chinese Transitional designs of the 1630s; Netherlands, Delft, possibly De Pauw (The Peacock) factory, 1695-1710.
Provenance
Accepted in part payment of death duties by HM Treasury and transferrred to NT in 1957