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Pair of Dutch Delftware garniture vases, of hexagonal beaker form with a wide outflared scalloped rim, and tapered body with conforming base. It is decorated with hand-painted underglaze blue in a floral design of Chinese inspiration; the front three panels are covered with decoration and the back with a foliate vine (the centerpiece is elsewhere).
vases
delftware
earthenware
lead glaze
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
underglazing
floral patterns
William and Mary
Earthenware
Lead Glaze
Molded
Painted
Underglazed
William and Mary
Floral
Delftware
Vase
Painted in underglaze blue on the bottom underside is a symbol that looks like a triangle with a horizontal line leading off from the top point. Cataloger's note says that this may possibly be the mark of a Delftware factory ""Het Bijltje"" (The Axe).
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
8 3/4 x 6 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1197.2
Title Garniture Vase Accession Number 1991.1197.1
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