Vase — CRC# 1361

Description

One of a rare pair of Bristol porcelain two-handled pots or vases, c.1772-75, the squat Etruscan forms painted with en grisaille panels of figures flanking garden statuary and hearts, within monochrome husk garlands and formal gilt borders, blue X marks. This pair decorates the title page of Hugh Owen's Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol.

Size

9.5cm across, 6cm high (handles)

Condition

Gilding worn

Mark

Blue X

Mark Group

X

Decorator

No mark

Historic Provenance

Patricia Macleod

CRC#

1361

Type

Vase

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