Baluster vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1740 - circa 1760
Materials
Delftware
Measurements
240 mm (Height); 98 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Delft
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871018
Summary
An eighteenth century Delft vase of inverted baluster octagonal shape. Decorated in blue leafage, flowers and imitation chinoiserie motifs, and on one side a picture of a child sitting in the garden, within a shaped border of 'C' scrolls. Beneath the base marked in blue A/JDB/3
Provenance
A gift to NT post 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
A / JDB / 3 (handpainted, blue, onglaze)