Flower Bottle

Dateca. 1760

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)

DimensionsH: 6 3/8" (16.2 cm).

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959-65,2

DescriptionPair of ovoid bottles with tapering necks and everted rims. White tin glaze decorated in polychrome in the Fazackerly style with a Chinese rock formation and flowers. Outlining and leaf veins in black; rocks and flowers in yellow; buds in red-orange and blue; leaves in pale green. Manganese on one jar slightly lighter than on the other.
Label TextThe Liverpool attribution for these bottles is based on their decoration.
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ProvenanceGinsburg & Levy, Inc. New York